Earth's Tilt and Orbit

Model Earth's yearly trip around the sun with its axis always tilted the same way.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 3

Earth does two things at once. It spins on its axis every day, and it travels around the sun in a path called an orbit, once a year.
Earth's axis isn't straight up and down. It's tilted, and the tilt always points the same way, all year long.
Look at June. The north end of the axis leans toward the sun. In December, on the other side of the orbit, the same tilt leans away from the sun.
Georgia is in the north half of Earth, the Northern Hemisphere. So in June, Georgia leans toward the sun and gets long days.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S4E2.a — Develop a model to support an explanation of why the length of day and night change throughout the year.
S4E2.c — Construct an explanation of how the Earth's orbit, with its consistent tilt, affects seasonal changes.