The Earth's Tilt Poster was created by request and explores and graphically depicts the reasons we have seasons. It shows Earth's axis and why that impacts our seasonal weather. This resource is suited to Year 2 and Year 7 of the Australian National Curriculum.
Recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day
Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon
Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface