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Solar System: Day, Night, Years and Seasons

Year 6 Science

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Earth's Rotation and Revolution

What if the Earth stopped spinning?

Seasons in the Stars

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Learn key vocabulary about the Earth and its movement (e.g. axis, rotation, revolution). Begin to understand the ways in which Earth's movements around the Sun cause day, night and the seasons.

00:04Explains the features that allows Earth to sustain life.01:20Illustrates how Earth moves around the Sun.02:18Explains how the Earth's rotation causes day and night.02:37Explains how the Earth's revolution around the Sun causes the seasons.