1. Earth’s Day/Night, Year, & Seasons
Teacher Notes below
Materials per student: sheet of copy paper, scissors, ruler, colored pencils; you could also give your students a small cup so they could trace it for their earth
Fold, title, and cut the paper as shown.
Door #1- Day/Night:
On the cover- title and drawing
Read a bit about rotation together from your book
Inside door #1- definition & key statements
Repeat for the other 2 doors-Year and Seasons.
Notes:
Teachers- make one of these yourself beforehand so you have an example to show, and because it makes you more descriptive when doing the lesson
Print these slides to help you present. Click Print  under “Print what:” select Handouts  then in the “Handouts” box select 2 Slides per page
How rotation, revolution, and tilt cause it all!

3. Cut lines (top sheet only!)
The Cause of Earth’s…
Day/Night
Year
Seasons
(every 9 cm)
Cut lines (top sheet only!)

4. The Cause of Earth’s…
Day/Night
Year
Seasons
Rotation

5. The Cause of Earth’s…
Day/Night
Year
Seasons
Rotation

6. The Cause of Earth’s… Day/Night Year Seasons (Definition)
Rotation is the spinning of a body, in this case Earth, on its axis.
(Definition)
Earth spins/rotates counterclockwise.
(Key Statements)
It takes 24 hours for one rotation.
The side facing the Sun experiences day, and the side facing away from the Sun experiences night.

7. The Cause of Earth’s…
Day/Night
Year
Seasons
Revolution
Rotation

8. The Cause of Earth’s… Rotation Day/Night Year Seasons (Definition)
(Key Statements)

9. The Cause of Earth’s… Revolution Rotation Revolution Tilt Day/Night
Year
Seasons
Revolution
Rotation
Revolution
Tilt
NO!
YES!

10. The Cause of Earth’s… Revolution Rotation Day/Night Year Seasons
(Definition)
(Key Statements)