Reasons for the Seasons

by: Geoff Holt and Nancy W. West

Students, in this activity, use a globe and lamp to model Earth’s orbit. From this concrete model, they see and understand that the cause of Earth’s seasons is the tilt of its rotational axis.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/15/2011Stock # PB298X2_10a

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