1. Read the scenario provided.
Stand under the letter which you agree with the most.

2. Divide your paper into two columns.

3. Rotate
Revolve
Vs.

4. Rotate Spin or turn on an axis Earth is tilted at 23.5° Takes:
24 hours or 1 day
Earth is tilted at 23.5°

5. Causes:
Day
Night

6. Revolve Go around The Earth revolves counter-clockwise Takes:
365 days or 1 year
The Earth revolves counter-clockwise

7. Causes:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
SEASONS

8. Using your notes, complete the cardsort with your shoulder partner.

9. Rotate/Rotation Revolve/Revolution Earth spins on its axis
Takes 24 hours to complete
Is how we measure one day
Creates the Day/Night Cycle
Causes changes in shadows
Reason the Sun appears to move
Moves counter-clockwise
Spinning on imaginary line
Creates the sunset in the west
Creates the sunrise in the East
Earth travels on its orbit
This & Earth’s tilt cause the seasons
Is how we measure one year
Moves counter-clockwise
Planets do this around the Sun
Takes 365 days to complete
Moon does this around Earth
To move around an object

10. Rotate/Rotation
Revolve/Revolution

11. Discuss the following questions with your shoulder partner
Discuss the following questions with your shoulder partner. Be ready to share your thoughts with the class.

12. What is an example of an object that is both rotating and revolving?
A child riding on a teacup ride is one possible example. The child can make rotations in the teacup; while the base of the ride, to which the teacup is attached, is making revolutions.
2.What would Earth be like if it did not rotate?
One day on Earth would equal one year

13. It would stay the same season all of the time.
3.What would the seasons on Earth be like if it did not revolve around the Sun but stayed in place in relation to the Sun?
It would stay the same season all of the time.
4. How would life on Earth be different if Earth was not tilted at 23.5°?
The equator would be stuck in the summer-like conditions with the mid latitudes in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere being more temperate. Both poles would be stuck in winter-like conditions. All places on Earth would experience the same amount of daylight and dark night hours each day.

14. 5. How would you design a model of Earth’s rotation causing day and night?
You could use a lamp to represent the Sun and a globe to represent the Earth.

15. Your Assignment Rotation Revolution Definition: Picture Definition:
Use in a sentence
Causes and duration
Use in a sentence
Causes and duration