Earth's Big Moves
This is the term for the Earth spinning on its axis, which causes day and night.
Rotation
You can calculate the total hours of daylight by looking at the time between these two events.
Sunrise and sunset
Shadows are at their shortest point of the day at this time.
Noon or Midday
Seasons are causes by the Earth's rotation and this "leaning" of the Earth's axis.
Tilt
This is the path Earth takes as it travels around the Sun.
If a location has 15 hours of daylight in June and 9 hours in December, it is likely far away from this.
In the early morning, shadows will look like this because the Sun is low in the sky.
Long
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it is experiencing this season.
Summer
It takes the Earth exactly this long to complete one full rotation.
24 hours
As you move from fall towards winter, the number of daylight usually does this.
It decreases
If the Sun is shining from the East, a shadow will point in this direction.
West
Locations near this imaginary line in the middle of the Earth have about the same amount of daylight all year long.
Equator
This is the movement of the Earth going all the way around the Sun, which takes one year.
Revolution
If the Sun sets at 6:00PM on Monday and 6:02 on Tuesday, you can predict it will set at this time on Wednesday.
6:04PM
Shadows move throughout the day because of this specific movement of the Earth. (Make sure to use a good science vocabulary word!)
Rotation
During the winter, a hemisphere is tilted in this direction relative to the Sun.
Away
Earth's rotation is the reason the Sun appears to rise in this direction (N,S,E,W) every morning.
The East
Scientists use these to represent the Earth and the Sun when they can't study them in person.
Models
If you don't have a compass to measure with, you can use any object that does this to help you find your direction.
Casts a shadow
It has more direct sunlight and more hours of daylight.