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Motions and Their Effects

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With a simple blackboard-style appearance, these slides list facts about the reason for the seasons, solstices, and equinoxes. It also touches on Kepler's first law of planetary motion. There are no pictures or graphics to help explain these concepts, which leave it lacking in educational value if used alone. Supplement these notes with a model of Earth on its axis and a lamp to represent the sun so that your early earth scientists can visualize the motions and their effects.

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the earth's axis, the earth's tilt, the equinox, solstice

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equinox, solstice, earth's axis, earth's tilt, kepler's 1st law of planetary motion, Seasons, science
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Presentations
Audience
For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
12

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