Why We Have Seasons

Lab Brief #10

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

Seasons happen because Earth tilts on its axis. This tilt gives us summer and winter!

Key words

Earth
The planet we live on, the third one from the Sun.
season
One of the four times of year with its own kind of weather.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

flashlight
ball (Earth)
small ball (moon)

⚠️ Safety first

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Use a flashlight and a ball to show how the Earth's spin creates day and night.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Use your senses to describe what you notice.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.

Question 1 of 2

What is the closest star to Earth?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

How long does it take Earth to go around the sun?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 2 right.

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