36 Cycles in Nature: Supplemental Guide 2 | The Reasons for Seasons
Note to Teacher
By the end of the lesson, be sure that students are clear that the
terms rotation and revolution are not the same. Rotation involves
spinning around Earth’s axis to create the cycle of daytime and
nighttime (You may wish to have students stand in place and
spin around.) Revolution involves Earth’s orbit or circling around
the sun to create the cycle of the seasons (You may wish to have
students walk around the “sun.”)