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Causes of Seasons Rotation and Revolution Activity Earth's Movement

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I used this as a review of our Earth and Space unit. I like that it's leveled to meet the needs of different learners. Great resource!
Great resource, the examples helped my students to understand what they were expected to do and they really gained a better understanding of how the Earths rotations create the seasons.
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Description

If you need a creative, student-centered activity to reinforce or assess the day and night cycle and the cause of seasons, keep reading! This Earth's movement storyboard activity is a great way for students to demonstrate knowledge and practice scientific drawings. Your students will love using their artistic abilities and summarization skills to complete this seasons storyboard activity.

After reading short descriptions about day and night and rotation and revolution, students will create and label a scientific diagram on the seasons worksheet to summarize what they read. They will then write a sentence to summarize what they read and drew.

This assignment includes three levels of differentiation for learners of all abilities including ELL learners.

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Concepts included:

  • Rotation of the Earth on its axis
  • Day and night
  • Earth's revolution around the sun
  • Earth's tilt towards Polaris (North Star)
  • The relationship between direct sunlight, longer days and summer seasons
  • The relationship between indirect sunlight, shorter days and the winter season

What's inside?

  • 3 differentiated versions of the project PDF
  • 2 differentiated project pages
  • Rubric
  • 6 Full-size sample projects

Why purchase this product?

⭐No prep! Saves you time!

⭐Tested for years in my classroom

⭐Differentiation included for a variety of learners including special education & ELL

⭐Students are engaged in this activity

⭐Great way to review and summarize the phenomena of seasons!

Teachers like you said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐My students loved using illustrations to show their learning. It was useful in teaching the importance of labeling in scientific drawings as well. -Erika

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This was GREAT. Clear directions and it made my 5th graders really think. I got a great assessment of what they actually knew about the concepts. -Sharp Stuff

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This resource was an amazing assessment! I loved how inspired my kids were and I loved the results I achieved on the post test! -Katherine

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Total Pages
9 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
2 days
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSSMS-ESS1-1
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.

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