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The Reason for the Seasons
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play
button on the Voki to find out more about your task today. Have fun!
Learning Objectives
9d. Demonstrate how it is the earth's tilt and orbit around the sun rather than the earth's distance from the sun that causes seasonal changes
9f. Explain how hemispheres and other characteristics of the earth's surface cause seasonal and climate variations
Follow these steps to complete your assignment:
View the
"Reasons for the Seasons"
presentation to read information about the seasons and why they happen.
Watch the Seasons Video on the bottom of this page. You can stop the video at different points to help you shade sunlight on your diagram.
Use the
"Seasons Interactive" website
to collect data for Chicago, Illinois. Use what you know about seasons to make conclusions.
Create a Voki
cat or dog
that will explain which student is correct on the science probe.