1 Earth Rotation= 24 hours / 1 Day
1 Moon Rotation: 27-30 Earth Days/ 1 Month (1 MOONTH)
1 Earth Revolution (Orbit around the sun) = 365.25 Days/ 1 Year
1 Moon Revolution (Orbit around Earth) = 27-30 Days/ 1 month (1 MOONTH)
Helpful links:
REVOLVE AND ROTATE
Rotation and Revolution video
Crash Course
Visualization, Earth Rotation
Visualization: Rotating Moon (NASA)
Visualization: Sun Rotating (NASA)
Orbit Paths: the world's satellites
Orbit Simulator for our Solar System
Visualization: Why the moon travels in both 27.3 and 29.5 days
Summary Video: Earth and Moon rotating & Revolving
Summary Visualization: Earth revolving and rotating through the months (seasons)
Summary video: Earth's Rotation and Revolution (Crash Course)
Images: Orbits and Inertia
YOU CHOOSE: What Educational Resource you want to make?
1. Poster
2. Claymation
3. Video of model (with 3D sun and earth)
4. Powerpoint
YOUR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE MUST INCLUDE:
1. Why do we have Day and Night?
- earth and sun pictured and labeled
-earth rotating counterclockwise
-compass rose to show the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
-how long it takes the earth to make 1 rotation
-5 sentence explanation of why we have day and night including the word ROTATION in your explanation
2. Why do we have the Seasons?
-sun in the middle, earth in four different locations
-earth tilted at 23.5 degrees
-label of Northern and Southern Hemispheres
-label of the different seasons in each hemisphere at each of the four stops along the way
-how long it takes for earth to make 1 revolution
-5 sentence explanation of why we have the seasons including the words REVOLUTION and TILT in your explanation
1 Moon Rotation: 27-30 Earth Days/ 1 Month (1 MOONTH)
1 Earth Revolution (Orbit around the sun) = 365.25 Days/ 1 Year
1 Moon Revolution (Orbit around Earth) = 27-30 Days/ 1 month (1 MOONTH)
Helpful links:
REVOLVE AND ROTATE
Rotation and Revolution video
Crash Course
Visualization, Earth Rotation
Visualization: Rotating Moon (NASA)
Visualization: Sun Rotating (NASA)
Orbit Paths: the world's satellites
Orbit Simulator for our Solar System
Visualization: Why the moon travels in both 27.3 and 29.5 days
Summary Video: Earth and Moon rotating & Revolving
Summary Visualization: Earth revolving and rotating through the months (seasons)
Summary video: Earth's Rotation and Revolution (Crash Course)
Images: Orbits and Inertia
YOU CHOOSE: What Educational Resource you want to make?
1. Poster
2. Claymation
3. Video of model (with 3D sun and earth)
4. Powerpoint
YOUR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE MUST INCLUDE:
1. Why do we have Day and Night?
- earth and sun pictured and labeled
-earth rotating counterclockwise
-compass rose to show the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
-how long it takes the earth to make 1 rotation
-5 sentence explanation of why we have day and night including the word ROTATION in your explanation
2. Why do we have the Seasons?
-sun in the middle, earth in four different locations
-earth tilted at 23.5 degrees
-label of Northern and Southern Hemispheres
-label of the different seasons in each hemisphere at each of the four stops along the way
-how long it takes for earth to make 1 revolution
-5 sentence explanation of why we have the seasons including the words REVOLUTION and TILT in your explanation