When we are experiencing Summer in the Southern hemisphere, people in the Northern hemisphere are experiencing Winter. Using diagrams, compare the position of the Earth to the Sun in relation to the seasons.
Using what they know about the Earth's rotation and orbit around the sun, students will use 1 or more diagrams to explain why we have seasons on Earth and why those seasons are the opposite in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere's.
Analyse Artefact: Click on the link to the left to see how a series of diagrams can be used to help explain why we have seasons and the reason that they are opposite in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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Teaching Tool: This is an excellent film clip for showing students why we have opposite seasons in the North and South hemispheres.
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