2. Day 1:
Objective: Students will understand that the appearance of the moon changes in a predictable cycle as it orbits Earth and as Earth rotates on its axis.
What are our “I Can” statements?

3. Lesson Title: ROTATION AND REVOLUTION

4. Essential Question
What are axis, rotation, and revolution and how do they relate to the sun, moon and earth connection?

12. Earth’s Rotation Rotation is the spinning of the Earth on its axis.
The time for one rotation is 24 hours.
It rotates counterclockwise.
The speed of rotation 24,855 miles/24 hr or 1,038 miles/hr
Click image to view Earth’s rotation.

14. Earth’s Revolution
A revolution occurs as the earth moves around the sun.
Time for one revolution = 365 1/4 days = 8,766 hours
The speed of earth’s revolution is about 18 miles per second.

15. Earth’s Revolution

16. An example:
Another way to think of these vocabulary terms is to go to the world of ice skating. As you skate around the ice rink, that is like a revolution, or orbit. If you spin on the toe of your skate, you are completing a rotation.

17. Earth’s Orbit
The path an object takes as it revolves around another object.

18. Around and Around We Go
Every second, that you sit in this classroom, the Earth's orbital motion carries you about 18 miles through space.

19. Let’s Review & Practice

20. What direction does the moon rotate?
The same as earth. Answer.

30. SPACE
EARTH
MOVEMENTS

31. Round One 1. The Earth spinning on its axis.
Rotation
Revolution
2. Going around a larger body.
Rotation
Revolution
Revolution
3. 24 hours.
Round One
Rotation
Revolution
4. Causes the Earth’s seasons.
Rotation
Revolution
5. Creates a year.
Rotation
Revolution
6. The moon going around Earth.
Rotation
Revolution

32. Identify the motion being shown in each of these pictures
Identify the motion being shown in each of these pictures. Each team must write their answers for each figure in the form of a question.
Figure #1
Rotation
Revolution
Planet
Round Two
Figure #2
Earth
Rotation
Revolution

33. Question Starters:
After you have finished taking notes, it is important to add questions about the material that you can later use to quiz yourself or a friend.
Turn to “Question Starters” in your interactive notebook.

34. Awesome job today students!
Now finish off today’s lesson by completing the summary at the bottom of the Cornell Notes page.
Remember: I am only looking for 2 to 3 sentences.