A KWL activity combined with a demonstration model. Students record their ideas and questions about why we have day and night. They then shine a flashlight (the Sun) on a rotating styrofoam ball (the Earth) and record their observations....

Over the course of the school year, students collect weekly data about the sun's position at a specific time of day, resulting in creating a figure "8" that shows the path of the sun called an analemma.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the Earth rotates around its axis.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the Earth rotates around its axis.

See what you know about the solar system by taking this brief interactive quiz and learning module.

Join Audrey on her learning adventure as she discovers how the Earth's rotation causes day and night.

The earth has some unusual properties that make its' weather suitable for life. This activity allows you to change four properties (earth's size, rotation speed, angle of the sun, and ocean size) to see what effects they would have on...

Nutation is a small cyclical motion superimposed upon the steady 26,000-year precession of the Earth's axis of rotation. It is mainly caused by the gravitational effect of the 18.6-year rotation period of the Moon's orbit. The main...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system, their orbits, and rotation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system and their orbits and rotation.

An activity where young scholars learn, through modeling and demonstration, about the relative sizes of the Earth and Sun, the distance between them, and how the Earth rotates in a 24-hour period.

In this interactive tutorial students will explore what it is like on the Moon. Learn why the shape of the Moon seem to change and also about lunar eclipses. Discover why the tide changes twice a day and explore how the cycle of the Moon...

An insightful website from NASA that presents a series of different questions about the rotation of the Earth.

This textbook chapter looks at the role of temperature in sustaining life on Earth and on weather and climate. It discusses the Earth's movements and the seasons, the circulation of the oceans, wind and weather, and the water cycle....

An explanation about the rotation of the Earth and why the Earth has seasons.

This season simulator takes Earth through an entire year cycle allowing the viewer to observe the tilt of the Earth and the intensity of the sunlight.

A brief explanation of the Earth's rotation around the Sun and how it relates to the amount of sunlight the Earth receives, and to the seasons. Includes two questions for students to respond to.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children learn about the shapes and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon. Using models they learn how the three bodies move relative to each other and how these movements relate to...

This interactive globe allows you to get any view of the earth by entering latitude, longitude and season criteria.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.

In this lesson, students will discuss, define, and demonstrate the Earth's rotation and revolution around the sun in a counterclockwise position. They will be able to predict seasons based on the amount of light that hits the Earth.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart illustrates a view of the earth from space and how day and night happens.

This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.

A worksheet regarding the path of the Sun around the Earth and the Earth's tilt on its axis.