Diagram the relationship of the earth and sun that accounts for the seasons 0607.6.6

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1. Animation of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun - In order to illustrate how much sunlight different parts of Earth receive through the year, this model shows our planet much larger and closer to the sun than it actually is.
2. Do Shadows Change With The Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
3. How Does Sunrise and Sunset Change with the Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class Closure activity to use with the seasons lesson plan [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
4. Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth - This animation shows a satellite view of Earth every day for a year. Examine the sunlit side of the globe to recognize the continent of Australia and peninsulas and islands of Southeast Asia.
5. Reasons for the Seasons - includes some excellent illustrations
6. The Reasons for the Seasons - This lesson plan is actually three activities in one to be conducted over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring). [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
7. The Science of the Seasons - Seasons are caused because of the Earth's changing relationship to the Sun.
8. Seasons - find exactly when the seasons start for any year from 1902 to 2102 with this java applet
9. Seasons Reasons - What is the cause of the seasons? This explanation features an animation of the earth's movement during a year. [careful, you may get seasick watching it!]
10. The Seasons - very good diagrams [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
11. Seasons: What Causes the Seasons? - [10:49] a YouTube video
12. What causes Earth's seasons? - Our planet's tilt dictates cycle of spring and fall
13. What Causes the Seasons? - It's all about Earth's tilt!.
14. What Causes the Seasons? - from Windows to the Universe
15. What Causes the Seasons? - The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-long path around the sun.
16. What Causes the Seasons - high quality transparency master
17. What Causes the Seasons? - [2:16] A movie to explain the cause of the seasons. The movie provides pupils with a clear visualization of the cause of the seasons and they can be encouraged afterwards to describe them to one-another.
18. What Causes the Seasons? - [3:11] a YouTube video
19. What Causes Seasons on Earth? - Seasons happen because Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of about 23.4 degrees and different parts of Earth receive more solar energy than others.
20. Why Earth Has Four Seasons - Earth has seasons because our planet’s axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees relative to our orbital plane.

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