Tilt
Investigate how the position and path of the Earth give us the seasons.
This curriculum-aligned Planetarium show for primary students explores the seasons. Students see how changes in season are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis combined with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and how the seasons and the length of day vary across the Earth from the poles to the equator.
Students will experience
- A fulldome experience in reclining seats.
- An adventure with Annie, Max and their robot friend after Max accidentally adjusts the angle of the Earth on Annie’s model.
- Flying to space in a spaceship to look at the tilt of the Earth and path of the Earth around the Sun.
- 3D perspectives that help students to understand how the tilt of the Earth’s axis affects the length of day and night on different parts of the planet.
- The seasons at different places on Earth at different times of year.
Students will learn
- That the seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth, combined with the path of the Earth around the sun across the year.
- That the tilt of the Earth affects the length of day and night at different places on Earth, and at different times of year.
- That the northern and southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons.
- That the seasons affect the weather we experience in our everyday lives.
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Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Friday
Duration: 45 minutes
Student information
Years 1 to 6
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 150 students
Bookings
Planetarium
Screening with presenter led tour of the night sky
Victorian Curriculum Links
Science: Foundation to Level 2
Earth and space sciences
- daily and seasonal changes in the weather and the environment can be observed and affect decisions made in everyday life (VC2S2U07)
Science: Levels 3 and 4
Earth and space sciences
- weather events and climate have impacts on the land, air, water and living things; human activity can affect climate (VC2S4U08)
Science: Levels 5 and 6
Earth and space sciences
- the force of gravity keeps Earth and other planets in the solar system in orbit around the Sun; cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length, can be related to Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the Sun (VC2S6U07)
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