Lesson 2 of 2: Earth’s Revolution
Lesson Title:
AZ Teaching Standard: AZ Science 5
S6C2PO3
Lesson Outcome:
TSW demonstrate how the earth revolves on its’ orbit and describe how that revolution creates a
calendar year.
Evidence:
Create an illustration that shows the seasons of the year, and Earth’s position relative to the Sun
during those seasons.
Big Idea: Man’s attempt to understand and manipulate the world
Materials: Globe, Flashlight, Fifth Grade Science Instructional Period 1 Notebook
Sub-Objective
SET:
TSW identify
that the Earth
makes one trip
around the Sun
in one calendar
year.
TSW correctly
demonstrate
the process of
Earth’s
revolution.
Teacher Actions
Participants Actions
√for
Understanding
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TTW show Rotation and
Revolution clip, provide the
prompt “One year on Earth is
equal to…”
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Quick write to complete
prompt.
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Reasonable
answer;
revolution
around the
Sun, or
similar.
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TTW ask for 2 volunteers: one
to be the sun, the other to be
the Earth.
TTW ask the sun to stand in the
middle, and the Earth to walk
in a large circle around the Sun.
Ask the Sun to continue to
point the flashlight at the
Earth.
Ask the Earth to stop at 4
points along the orbit.
Identify those points as the 4
seasons that we experience on
Earth.
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2 Students will come to the
front of the class.
One student (Earth) will walk
in a circle around the Sun
(without rotation). The Sun
will continue to point at the
Earth as the Earth revolves.
The Earth will stop when
asked.
Together with the teacher
and the class determine what
season they are
demonstrating.
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One student is
the Sun, the
other the
Earth.
The Sun
stands in the
middle, the
Earth walks in
a large circle
around the
Sun.
The Earth
stops when
asked.
Earth and the
class correctly
identify the
seasons as he
revolves.
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TSW create an
illustration
showing the
Earth in
relationship to
the Sun during
the start of the
four seasons.
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TTW ask students to recreate
an illustration to show the
location of the Earth on its
orbit around the Sun, labeling
the four seasons.
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Illustrate the orbit of the
Earth around the Sun and
label the four seasons.
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Illustrations
correctly
showing the
path of the
Earth along its
orbit and the
seasons of the
year.