Transcript What Is the Reason for the Seasons?

Clearing up misconception about the causes of the seasons
OR
Covering All the Angles!!
By Michelle Kornberger, Nancy Foote, Mel Prater & Ken Huff
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Does the distance between the earth and the
sun cause the seasons?
◦ To present multiple pieces of evidence and models
to support scientifically correct reasons for the
seasons.
 Riddle
 Hula
hoop activity
 Seasonal
changes chart
 Pre-questionnaire
questions 2 and 3
 Strengths/Limitation
of models
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3-d Sun-Earth Scale Model
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Put out a variety of round materials and a box of golf
pencils. Given that a 10 cm ball is a scale model of
the sun, which of these would be a same scale model
of the earth.
 Football
 Distance
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field model
scale model
Using the same scale, the earth is 10 m away from the
sun
 Revisit
hula hoop
 Revisit
Earth-Sun size comparision
 Revisit
Pre-questionnaire questions 2 and 3