One year on Earth – Understanding seasons

In this activity you will learn about seasons by looking to the changing colours on Earth over the course of a year. First, by looking at photographs taken on Earth and then by analysing the colours in satellite images. You will also build an Earth-Sun model to explore why the Earth has seasons.
Explore with Paxi why we have day and night, and why the Earth has seasons.

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Keywords: Geography, Science, Earth observation, Seasons, Climate, Vegetation, Satellites

Material: 

• Printed worksheet or to be consulted in the computer
• Polystyrene sphere (approximately 10 cm diameter) (you can also use discarded paper to shape a sphere and covered it with aluminium foil)
• Pen
• Small flag (optional)
• 1 wooden skewer
• 2 sheets of A4 paper
• Sticky tape
• Drawing compass
• Torch