Topic: Seasons

Essential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night

and the seasons?

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Axis –imaginary vertical line that cuts through the center of the earth and around which the earth spins.

The axis always points to the North Star.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Rotation - spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night; it takes 24 hours for Earth to complete one rotation.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Revolution - the motion of Earth around the Sun, which takes about 365 1/4 days, or one year, to complete.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

The tilt of the Earth causes direct and indirect sunlight.

The energy that hits the Earth by the Sun changes over of the year. 

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

The angle the Sun is above the horizon determines how much heat and light strike each square meter of ground.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Equinox “Equal Night”

Daytime lasts exactly as long as nighttime on the first day of autumn and the first day of spring

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Summer Solstice- longest day of the year.

Days are longer and nights are shorter.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Winter Solstice-

shortest day of the year.

Days are shorter & nights are longer during winter.

Now take some time…

• Take 2 minutes to go over your notes and highlight or underline the main ideas that answer the essential question, you should not highlight everything.

• How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

• Share with your neighbor, did you highlight the same thing?

Time to use the left hand column

• You will now write your own questions using the question starters provided.

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Axis –imaginary vertical line that cuts through the center of the earth and around which the earth spins.

The axis always points to the North Star.

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Rotation - spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night; it takes 24 hours for Earth to complete one rotation.

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Revolution - the motion of Earth around the Sun, which takes about 365 1/4 days, or one year, to complete.

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

The tilt of the Earth causes direct and indirect sunlight.

The energy that hits the Earth from the Sun changes over the year. 

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…What does…?

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

The angle the Sun is above the horizon determines how much heat

and light strike each square meter of ground.

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…What does…?

Topic: SeasonsEssential Question: How does the movement and tilt of the Earth’s axis cause day/night and the seasons?

Equinox “Equal Night”

Daytime lasts exactly as long as nighttime on the first day of autumn and the first day of spring.

Summer Solstice- longest day of the year

Days are longer and nights are shorter.

Winter Solstice-

shortest day of the year.

Days are shorter & nights are longer during winter.

Write a question using one of these question starters:

How is….?What is…?Define…What does…?

Now let’s write a summary

Look at each question you wrote on your own, and answer each question in a complete sentence.