The Earth’s Relationship with the Sun

Description

Information includes:

• The Sun as a major source of energy
• What is energy?
• The Earth’s rotation on its axis
• Seasons caused by the Earth’s tilt
• Exploring months and the seasonal changes that occur
• Regions of the world: tropic, mid-latitudinal, arctic and antarctic and the seasons in accordance with each location (e.g. wet and dry; polar day and polar night; summer, autumn winter, and spring)
• Day and night caused by rotation of the Earth
• Difference between a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse
• Relative sizes and the movement of the Earth and the Sun
• Seasonal calendars used by Aboriginal and Tories Strait Islander People