Movement of Earth in the Solar System
Created on: July 16, 2009
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July 29, 2009
This resource received a 3* rating because it is part of the larger resource A Tour of the Universe, which received a rating of 3-Exemplary in the Curriki Review System.…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Tour of the Universe
- A Tour of the Universe -- Scope and Sequence
- Introduction to A Tour of the Universe
- Aristotle and Ptolemy
- Retrograde Motion Activity
- The Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo -- A Burst of Ideas
- The Universe and Planetary Motion
- Movement of Earth in the Solar System
- The Solar System
- Motion
- Newton and Laws of Motion
- Earth's Atmosphere
- Adventures in Space
- Centripetal Motion
- Ellipses
- Measuring the Earth
The Universe and Planetary Motion
- The Universe and Planetary Motion
- The Universe and Planetary Motion Assessment
- Journey to the Edge of the Universe (video)
Measuring the Earth
- Measuring the Earth
- Measuring the Earth Assessment
- Earth's Shadow
- Ship on the Horizon
- Eratosthenes Map
Movement of Earth in the Solar System
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This lesson and follow-up presents students with information about the two ways Earth moves through the solar system as well as our position in the solar system and asks students to explore how our movement and/or position effect the seasons we experience on Earth.
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Movement of Earth in the Solar System
by Meredith BeatonThis lesson introduces students to the two ways Earth moves through the solar system: rotation and revolution. Additionally, it introduces the Earth's tilt and presents leading questions about seasons at the end of the lesson.
Movement of Earth in the Solar System -- Seasons Lab
by Meredith BeatonThis lab asks students to explore why we have seasons on Earth. By working with a partner, they develop a hypothesis and simulate the Earth's movement through the solar system and are able to observe and describe the reason we experience seasons on Earth.
