Causes of Seasons Bundle

This bundle includes a foldable notes and sort activity as well as a Name that Seasons collaborative learning activity. The Name that Seasons lesson can be run as stations or as a small group sort activity. The interacitve foldable is a great tool to teach or review the causes of seasons and the effects of a titled Earth. The Name that Seasons activity is a fun and engaging formative assessment tool that allows students to practice interpreting patterns caused by a titled earth and analyzing models of the tilted Earth-Sun system from various perspectives.

What’s Included in These Products

• 3 Differentiated Versions of the Foldable Notes
• Cut-and-glue activity included with foldable download
• Name that Seasons Stations Sort Activity
• Name that Seasons Small Group Activity

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Standards

MS-ESS1 Earth's Place in the Universe

ESS1.A: The Universe and Its Stars

• Patterns of the apparent motion of the sun, the moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, predicted, and explained with models. (MS-ESS1-1)

ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System

• The model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit around the sun. The seasons are a result of that tilt and are caused by the differential intensity of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year. (MS-ESS1-1)

Texas -8th Grade:

7. Earth and space. The student knows the effects resulting from cyclical movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. The student is expected to:

A. model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons

Texas - Astronomy:

8. Science concepts. The student knows the reasons for the seasons. The student is expected to:

A. recognize that seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's axis;

B. explain how latitudinal position affects the length of day and night throughout the year;

C. recognize that the angle of incidence of sunlight determines the concentration of solar energy received on Earth at a particular location; and

D. examine the relationship of the seasons to equinoxes, solstices, the tropics, and the equator.

California:

Grade 3 Earth Science

4b. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle.

4e. Students know the position of the Sun in the sky changes during the course of the day and from season to season.

New York:

Intermediate:

1.1e Most objects in the solar system have a regular and predictable motion. These motions explain such phenomena as a day, a year, phases of the Moon, eclipses, tides, meteor showers, and comets.

1.1h The apparent motions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars across the sky can be explained by Earth’s rotation and revolution. Earth’s rotation causes the length of one day to be approximately 24 hours. This rotation also causes the Sun and Moon to appear to rise along the eastern horizon and to set along the western horizon. Earth’s revolution around the Sun defines the length of the year as 365 1/4 days.

1.1i The tilt of Earth’s axis of rotation and the revolution of Earth around the Sun cause seasons on Earth. The length of daylight varies depending on latitude and season.

Earth Science:

1.1a Most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion. These motions explain such phenomena as the day, the year, seasons, phases of the moon, eclipses, and tides.

1.1c Earth’s coordinate system of latitude and longitude, with the equator and prime meridian as reference lines, is based upon Earth’s rotation and our observation of the Sun and stars.

1.1d Earth rotates on an imaginary axis at a rate of 15 degrees per hour. To people on Earth, this turning of the planet makes it seem as though the Sun, the moon, and the stars are moving around Earth once a day. Rotation provides a basis for our system of local time; meridians of longitude are the basis for time zones.

1.1f Earth’s changing position with regard to the Sun and the moon has noticeable effects.

• Earth revolves around the Sun with its rotational axis tilted at 23.5 degrees to a line perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, with the North Pole aligned with Polaris.

• During Earth’s one-year period of revolution, the tilt of its axis results in changes in the angle of incidence of the Sun’s rays at a given latitude; these changes cause variation in the heating of the surface. This produces seasonal variation in weather.

1.1g Seasonal changes in the apparent positions of constellations provide evidence of Earth’s revolution.

1.1h The Sun’s apparent path through the sky varies with latitude and season

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