Understanding the Winter Solstice

This four-page worksheet introduces Earth’s tilt, orbit, hemispheres, and their relationship to seasonal changes and the winter solstice.

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This four-page worksheet introduces Earth’s tilt, orbit, hemispheres, and their relationship to seasonal changes and the winter solstice. Students complete retrieval questions, diagrams, explanations, and a daylight-hours analysis activity.

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Students will explain how Earth’s tilt and orbit cause seasonal changes.
Students will describe why the winter solstice produces the shortest day in a hemisphere.
Students will compare winter and summer solstices in the Northern and Southern Hempheres.
Students will analyze differences in daylight hours across locations.

Understanding the Winter Solstice

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