MOVEMENT OF

EARTH
Vocabulary
 Earth  Slight Ellipse
 Sun  Anticlockwise
 Planets
 Orbit
 Climate
 Path
 Tilt
 Opposite
 Seasons
 Duration
 Northern Hemisphere
 Year  Southern Hemisphere
 Leap Year
KNOWLEDGE HARVEST

What can you recall

about Earth and how it
moves?
PRE-EVALUATION
LESSON 1 : EARTH’S ORBIT

Learning Objectives

• Describe the orbit of Earth around the Sun.

• Describe how the tilt of Earth causes different seasons.

HOW DOES THE EARTH
MOVE ?
HOW DOES THE EARTH
MOVE ?
• Earth spins on its own axis giving
rise to night and day.
• Earth rotates around its axis once
every 24 hours.
• The axis of Earth is tilted.
• Earth’s axis is tilted at 23.5°
HOW DOES THE EARTH
MOVE ?
HOW DOES THE EARTH
MOVE ?
• Earth orbits the Sun. The path it takes is known as its
Orbit.
• This shape of this path is slight ellipse, that means not a
perfect circle, but an oval shape.
• It takes 365 ¼ days or 1 year for Earth to orbit the Sun
once
• Earth orbits the Sun in an anticlockwise direction.
LET'S
WATCH
CLASS ACTIVITY
Draw below diagram in your journal
HOTS
How does the oval shape orbit
of Earth affect our lives ?
TILT OF EARTH
CAUSING DIFFERENT
SEASONS
EARTH’S AXIS
EARTH’S AXIS
• The axis of Earth is tilted.
• There is an imaginary line around the middle of the
earth called Equator.
• Earth has northern and southern hemispheres.
• Northern hemisphere refer to the area above equator.
• The southern hemisphere refer to the area below
equator.
EARTH’S AXIS
REASON FOR SEASONS

• Earth has seasons

because its axis is tilted
as it revolves around
the sun.
REASON FOR SEASONS

• Earth’s tilt puts part of Earth

into the Sun’s rays at a more
direct angle than other parts.
• Sun’s radiation to strike the
hemispheres at different
angles.
REASON FOR SEASONS

In June, the Northern Hemisphere

of the Earth (where we live) is
tilted toward the Sun = Summer.
The Southern Hemisphere =
Winter.
REASON FOR SEASONS

In December, the Northern

Hemisphere of the Earth is tilted
away from the Sun = Winter.
The Southern Hemisphere =
Summer.
Let’s Answer
REASON FOR SEASONS
REASON FOR SEASONS Step 1: Draw imaginary
Step 2: Put a “N” and “S” to
lines to separate the
identify the hemispheres.
Northern HemisphereNorthern/Southern
is Spring and
Southern HemisphereHemispheres
is Fall. Neither
(not exact).
N Hemisphere is tilted directly towards
the Sun.
S
Northern
Northern Hemisphere
Hemisphere is
is Winter and
Summer and
Southern Hemisphere
Southern
Hemisphere is N N is Summer because the
Southern Hemisphere
Winter because the
Northern
S S is tilted towards the
Sun.
Hemisphere is tilted
towards the Sun.

N
S
Northern Hemisphere is Fall and Southern Hemisphere is Spring.
Neither Hemisphere is tilted directly towards the Sun.
 Think, Pair, Share

What would happen

if the Earth was not
tilted?
Think, Pair, Share