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Culture · Ages 6–12

Geography Experiments

Aim: Physical geography through observation and experiment.

The Sun and the Earth

Day and Night

You need

  • A torch
  • An orange or ball
  • A sticker or a dot of ink

Steps

  1. Mark Nigeria on the orange with the sticker.
  2. In a dark room, Ada shines the torch at the orange.
  3. Tunde slowly turns the orange from west to east.

Predict first

What happens to the sticker as the orange turns?

Always do experiments with heat or knives alongside an adult.