Lesson 4 — day and night + the seasons

Astronomy

3.2 Day and night
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3.3 The seasons
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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Astronomy

3.2 Day and night
+
3.3 The seasons

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This lesson
  • day and night + Earths movement what do you know?
  • Day and night
  • The seasons
  • Conclusion

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Goals
  • Describe what axis, rotation and revolution mean.
  • Explain why we have day and night and why the sun rises in the east en sets in the west.
  • Describe how Foucault's pendulum shows the earth rotation
  • Explain how the Earths tilt causes the seasons
  • Explain how the earths tilt effects the path of the sun over the sky

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    What causes day and night?

    Slide 4 - Mind map

    What do you know about the movement of the earth?

    Slide 5 - Mind map

    The distance between the sun is different depending on where it is in its orbit. Half of the year the earth is further away from the sun, the other half it is closer. This causes the seasons.
    A
    True
    B
    False

    Slide 6 - Quiz

    The seasons are caused because the amount of Sun hours the Earth gets per season are different.
    A
    True
    B
    False

    Slide 7 - Quiz

    The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth
    A
    True
    B
    False

    Slide 8 - Quiz

    Day and night

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    Foucaults pendulum
    A demonstration

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    The Sun rises in the east

    The Sun sets in the west

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    Slide 18 - Video

    The seasons explained
    through a whiteboard drawing

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    Conclusion
    What have we learned?

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    Goals
    • Describe what axis, rotation and revolution mean.
    • Explain why we have day and night and why the sun rises in the east en sets in the west.
    • Describe how Foucault's pendulum shows the earth rotation
    • Explain how the Earths tilt causes the seasons
    • Explain how the earths tilt effects the path of the sun over the sky

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