Help your students explore the rotation and tilt of the Earth with the Earth's Rotation and Seasons Virtual Lab Activity with Guided Student Worksheets & Space Simulation!

Designed to promote scientific inquiry, this no-prep interactive virtual lab activity allows students to explore how the rotation of the Earth results in night and day and how the tilt of the Earth results in the four seasons using an NGSS-aligned phenomena-based science simulation! The student worksheet guides students through the simulation to ensure comprehension and understanding, while also encouraging students to make predictions, observations, analyze data, and form conclusions. Check out the preview to see more!

⭐ Skills Students Will Practice:

⚗️Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Rotation vs. Revolution

⚗️Describe how the Earth's Rotation results in Day & Night

⚗️Analyze how different Seasons occur in different Hemispheres simultaneously

⚗️Create Visual Models of the Earth's Tilt at different Latitudes

⭐ This Activity is Perfect for:

⚗️ Middle school and high school science lessons

⚗️ NGSS-aligned science instruction

⚗️ Virtual labs for blended, digital, or distance learning

⚗️ Sub plans, enrichment, or independent practice

NOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from Earth Space Lab. Check it out below!

Earth's Seasons

Purchase includes the 3-page Student Worksheet (PDF), 3-page Teacher Answer Key (PDF), and 3-page Digital Student Worksheet (Google Slides) that is hyperlinked in the Teacher Answer Key.

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