SME
Grade 5 Science · Problem type
Hours of daylight through the year
Use this to record hours of daylight through the year and see the pattern.
Record and look
9
10
13
15
14
11
Dec
Feb
Apr
Jun
Aug
Oct
Dec
Feb
Apr
Jun
Aug
Oct
Daylight (hours)
9
10
13
15
14
11
Most daylight: June (15 hours).
Least: December (9 hours).
Tap a bar at the height you want.
Assumptions
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Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset.
•
These are for a town in the northern United States.
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Tap a bar to change that month’s daylight.
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