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Grade 6 Science · Chapter 1 · Lesson 1

Day and Night: A Spinning Earth

The Sun does not go round us.

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Grade 6 Science · Chapter 1 · Lesson 2

Why the Seasons Change

It is the tilt, not the distance.

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Grade 6 Science · Chapter 1 · Lesson 3

Phases of the Moon

Half the Moon is always lit.

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Grade 6 Science · Chapter 1 · Lesson 4

Eclipses and Shadows

Why not every month?

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Grade 6 Science · Chapter 1 · Lesson 5

Tides and the Moon's Pull

Two a day, and one of them on the wrong side.

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