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[Row number] 218 [Grade] 3 [SOL] 3.8a [SOL Text] The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts includea) patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and [Essential Knowledge] A cycle is a repeated pattern. A sequence is a series of events that occur in a natural order. The pattern of day and night is caused by the rotation of the Earth. One complete rotation occurs every 24 hours. The part of the Earth toward the sun has daylight while the part of the Earth away from the sun has night. The pattern of seasonal changes takes place because the earth’s axis is tilted toward or away from the sun during its revolution around the sun. The Earth takes 365 days, or one year, to make one revolution (continued) [Key Words] Space Day Night Seasons [Marking Period] MP2 [Subject] 
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