Camping Trip

by: Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students' ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth's temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize the Earth continues to cool after sundown and up to sunrise until there is sufficient radiation to begin warming the Earth.

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