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StudentChoose an investigation, predict the system behavior, run the simulation, then connect motion, force, energy, or waves to evidence.TeacherLook for model-choice errors, variable-control evidence, causal explanations, and transfer to new physical systems.
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band 3-5 · two hemispheresthe orbit · the moon
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Invariant witness
distance149.0 Gm
N / S daylight12.0 / 12.0 h
axisfixed in space
Tilt and angle set the season; the lit half never changes, only the view of it.
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the orbit
Two hemispheres
June on the orbit table. Read both daylight lines.
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Two tables, printed geometry
An orbit table where the distance, the daylight hours, and the noon altitudes print at every month; a moon table where the lit half faces the sun by construction and the shadow cone is drawn where it actually points. Commit a prediction before every turn of the dial.