Summary
Explains how gravity keeps Earth orbiting the Sun, and how Earth's spin gives us day and night. A clear bridge between 'the Sun moves across the sky' and what is really happening.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video explains Earth's orbit around the Sun and why we have day and night.
- What keeps Earth moving around the Sun instead of flying away?
- How long does one trip around the Sun take?
- What makes it daytime on one side of Earth and night on the other?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: orbit, revolve, rotate, gravity, year.
Try it: Use a ball for Earth and a lamp for the Sun. Spin the ball to show day and night, then walk it around the lamp to show a year.