Guiding Questions 1. Where does the Sun go when we cannot see it? 2. Why does Earth have a cycle of seasons; winter, spring, summer, fall? In this diagram of Earth's orbit around the Sun (below) we see four (4) Earth's, with the Sun in the center. Do you see the names of the four (4) seasons on the diagram; winter, spring summer, autumn? The Earth experiences a cycle of seasons every year. What are the names of the seasons in your native language? In this diagram the red line is Earth's orbit as it revolves around the Sun, and the purple lines are Earth's axis and rotation. Observe that the diagram also has labels of the seasons in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. Is your home country located near the equator, or in the southern or northern hemisphere? Earth at seasonal points in its orbit (not to scale) By Tauʻolunga - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=927625 Activity
Standards For This Lesson 5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. 8.MS-ESS1-1b Develop and use a model of the Earth-Sun system to explain the cyclical pattern of seasons, which includes Earth's tilt and differential intensity of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year. Additional Resources
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