Suppose that you need to explain the concepts of a year, a month, and a day to a small child such as Clara. Could you do this? First, you should know a couple of things about Clara:
- She is extremely smart for just turning four years old (I know that you're thinking, "Hmm..... she must get her intellect from her mother." Well, you're right.) Clara will follow your line of thought quite well.
- If you use the terms rotation, revolution, orbit, or any other term used specifically for astronomy, she might not know exactly what it means (Many adults wouldn't know what the terms mean either.) Be sure to explain these things as you go.
- It would help if you related these concepts to things a 4-year-old would know about -- like Disney movies (especially Rapunzel from Tangled and, of course, Cinderella), Elmo from Sesame Street, Legos, Clifford the big red dog, etc.
For each concept (year, month, and day) describe the motion of the Earth, the moon, and the sun. Good luck.
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rotation- spinning around
orbit- the path clifford takes to go all the way around his house
revolution-something going around another thing that isnt moving
period of rotation-time it takes for something to spin all the way around.
period of revolution-time it takes for clifford to go all the way around his house.
1. Year- A year is like If you were a great distance from your house and you had to walk in a circle around your house and stay that same distance away the whole time.
2. Month- A month is like how long it takes to see a full moon, you see it once a month, so when you see it you have to wait a month to see it like that again.
3. Day- A day is like how long it takes to spin around in a circle. If you were to spin very slow, spin so slow that by the time you are back to where you started it has been a full day.
A day is the period, or amount of time, it takes for Earth to completely rotate, or spin, on its axis.
A month is the amount of time it takes the moon to make its full orbit, or path, around Earth.
A year is the amount of time it takes for the Earth to completely revolve, or go around, the sun.
To make a day, the sun has to reach everywhere on the Earth. The Earth spins, like a princess, around and arounds until the sun reaches all around it. This is called rotation and it makes a day. To make a year, the Earth has to look at all of the sun. It swirls around the sun until it gets back to where it started. This is called revolution and it makes a year. To make a month, the moon has to see all of the Earth. The moon revolves around our planet until it gets back to where it started. All three of these things happen all at the same time and the path the things travel in is called an orbit.
I have no clue on how to do this;but i will give it a shot!
a Day is like the prince and princess cinderella dancing in a circle when dance in a full circle that would be a day or also a rotation!
A month is like when rupnzle brushes her hair it is really really long so it takes her a month to brush it all!
a year is like how long sleeping beauty was sleeping before the prince saved her!!!!!
1.rotation is the spining of the planets.(like in the wizard of oz when drotheys house is spining in a tornado.
Orbit is the path of the planets like the yellow brick road that drothey must follow.
period of revolution is a year.(new years)
Peroid of rotation: a day.(how long)
the year on earth or piorod of revolution takes about 365 earthe days wich the period for rotation is about 23 hours and 56 mins,the orbet takes the earth around the sun in counter clock wies from the north pole. one mouth is when the moon compleats a full orbet around the earth.
year: 1 year is a whole revolution.
which means the Earth has gone all the way around the sun. And when you have gone through all the seasons; summer, spring, winter, and fall. That is when you can tell its been a full year.
day: A day is when the Earth has completed it rotation 1 time. Its kind of like when a princess dances and she spins, that would be a day to us.
month: you can tell when it has been a month by the moon. if you look at it when its a full circle, then you look at it every night until its a full circle again, that would be a full month.
Rotation is just like a ball spinning which is what the sun does. All the other planets, like the earth, goes around the sun. The earth spins just like the sun does but it also goes around the earth in a revolution which is like the way you run in circles. The moon does just the same thing that the earth does. It spins in a rotation like a ball and revolvs around the earth, again, like when you run in circles.
a year is how long it takes us to orbit the sun. so say its your birthday to day and when it is your birthday again that is one full year. and there is 12 months.
a month is how long it takes the moon to orbit earth so it is usally 28 to 31 days for a month.
a day is everymorning from the sun till when it goes down and comes up the next morning that is a full day. 24 hours and a hour is how long sesame street show is so that would be 48 of those
one day is how long it takes for the sun to go up, then down, then up, like how long it took the prince to find the owner (cinderella) of the glass slipper. that one day is like when the prince and Cinderella danced in a circle. one circle = one day.
a month is equal to how long it took Mulan to study for the test to see if she would be a bride. it would be like her walking a little bit around the building to get to the test.
a year is how long Sleeping Beauty was asleep for. the prince road around the castle once, which is like how long it takes the earth to go around the sun.
a year is earth's revolution period. Revolution is when an object goes around another, the earth revolves around the sun. It takes earth 365 days to revolve once, making our year.
Our month is made up of when the moon rotates, or spins around the earth. The earth month is usually around 29 and a half days.
A day is made by the earths rotation, or spinning. The night and day come from when the earth rotates where your location is faced away from the sun, making it night. and then as it keeps spinning the sun starts to come to view, giving more heat and light, making an earth day, which is 24 hours.
1 year is 1 rotation, so it would be like your birtday to your next birthday.
a month is around 30 days on average, and it is how long the moon takes to orbit the earth
a day is 24 hours long, it is when the earth spins one time, so if it was 9 in the morning, and you slept all day long till 9 in the morning the next day, that would be one full day.
The moon goes around the earth in a circle. When the moon goes around the earth once, it's a month. Thats called revolution. Also the moon is spinning while it goes in a circle. the spinning is called rotation. Also while the moon is going in a circle around the earth the earth is going in a circle around the sun. When the earth gets all the way around the sun it's called period of revolution. That is how a long a year is. There are 12 months in a year so the moon goes in a circle around the earth 12 times while the earth goes around the sun once. The earth also spins. When the earth spins completely its called period of rotation. The sun never goes in a circle but it also spins. Every other planet goes in a circle around the sun. The going in a circle is called an orbit. Each planet has a different orbit then the other because they can either be really close together or really far apart. All three of them, the moon, sun and earth all spin counter clockwise. Time on a clock moves from 1 to 2 and up. That is clockwise. The opposite way of the normal way a clock moves is called counter clockwise.
1. rotation is how long it takes the earth to spin around in a circle. like a balarena
2. a revolution is how long it takes the earth to go around the sun. like when you play duck duck goose. you run around the circle and the circle would be the sun and your the planet earth.
3. an orbit is the path it takes to make it around the sun. like a roller coaster. the path you take around the ride is just like the path the earth takes around the sun.
the earth travels around in a big circle around the sun. just like how elmo would walk around a pole. this time would be one year. everytime elmo makes a full circle, one year would have gone by. while elmo is walking around the pole, he is spinning in a circle. every time he spins in a full circle, that is one day. now the cookie is going around elmo in circles. everytime the cookie monster makes a full circle around elmo, that is one month
1. YEAR-- the time it takes for cinderella (earth) to run around rapunzel (the sun)one time.
2. MONTH-- the time it takes elmo (the moon)to run around cinderella (earth)one time.
3. DAY-- the time it takes cinderella (earth) to spin around herself. this is about 24 sesaeme street episodes.
Year-
If elmo walked all the way around Seaseme Street once he would of completed a year just like earth around the sun.Elmo would be the earth, elmo is going aroudn seaseme street as big bird goes around elmo acting like the moon.
Month- If elmo (earth) was walking around seaseme street and was slowing going, big bird would be walking around elmo. Once big bird goes around elmo once he has completed a month.
Day- As elmo goes around the sun he is spinning too, once he spins one full time he has completed a day.
For a day to pass by, our planet earth (that we live on) needs to spin like a ballerina. The moon covers up part of the earth when it's night; (like playing peek-a-boo.)
For a whole year to pass by, the earth needs to make a complete circle around the sun. (Kind of like playing ring around the Rosie.)
When the moon plays ring around the Rosie all the way around the earth; that's when we have months
Dear Clara,
The word rotation is when the
Earth spins onits axis. The word Orbit is a Path tha tit folows of example a race car has a path it follows it is the race track.
A month on eart is like watching clifford and big bird on tv. it is so much fun
when the word period of rotation comes it is talking about the time the earth takes to rotate like Big Bird running a mile
A day is when the Earth spins around once like when clifford chases his tale.
A month is when the moon goes the Earth once like when clifford runs around a tree.
When the Earth travels around the sun once Like when space chimps go around the sun.
rotation is like cliffrod the big reddog spinnging on his paws
orbit is something like running around elmo until elmo is very dissy
revelution is just like Rapunzel's hair go's around the sun
the peorid of revelution is just like cinderella trying to get to the ball in time
period of day is just like eating cookies with the cookie monster
Dear Clara,
A day on Earth is like Beuty dancing with the Beast. When she spun around once. It is like one day on Earth. That would be called Rotation. A day on Earth is 24 hrs.
A year on Earth is a totol of 365-366 days a year. So it you run around the playground one time in the playgrounds complete shape that would be the total of one year on Earth.This would be called the Period of Revolution. The Earth revoles around the Sun and the moon revolves around the Earth.
A month depends on where the Earth is at in the orbit around the Sun. If you run around your room but you stop 4 times in different spots. These would show the seasons. But it all would depend on How close you are to the sun and where the period of revolition is at.
I hope this has helped you in many ways just remember it. But if you forget you can always look back at all the comments
-BMWbz
Well Clifford the big huge earth revoles around seaseme street. But Clifford has a friend named Emily Elizabeth and she follows clifford while he goes around sesame street.In the day clifford makes alot of messes so Emily has to go around Clifford and clean up the messes, this is also is the same idea with the earth(Clifford), moon (emily), and sun (sesame street). THe time it takes clifford to go around sesame is almost the same idea as the earth goes around the sun. The time it takes Emily to go around clifford each day is the same idea as the moon goes around the earth creating a month. Also the time it takes Clifford to finally catch his tail it is the same as a day.
Dear Clara,
A day as you know is when it is bright out, but really..what is a day? Picture this; you are playing duck duck goose with some friends, when you tap someones shoulder you have to run around the circle ONCE to get back to your spot. That is like the Earth spinning around ONCE, half of the time it is facing the sun, and half of the time it is not; the moon is also spinning but only around the Earth.
What is a month?
So let's say you are still playing duck duck goose, when someone runs around the circle 28 to 31 times that is the same thing as one month.
What is a year?
A year is when the Earth revolves around the sun one time. But that is a little confusing for you. So how bout you are racing your little sister around the house, by the time you start on your driveway to the time when you finish on your driveway, that has been a compareison to one year.
Year-
If Cinderella was going to a ball, and she spun round and round with the Prince, it would be like the moon, the Earth and the sun. To complete a year, Cinderella and her Prince would have to orbit (movind around something once) all around the Ball Room. The middle of the Ball Room would be the sun and the Prince would be the moon revolving around the Earth, Cinderella.
Month-
To make a month, the moon has to to rotate(spin) around the earth once. So, if Big Bird was the moon and he was rotating around Cookie Monster; the Earth, he would have to rotate once around the Cookie Monster to make a month.
Day-
If Tramp from Lady and the Tramp was trying to catch his tail, to make a period of rortation, he would have to spin once around to make a day.
Elmo= Moon
Oscar= Earth
Big Bird= Sun
day- It takes exactly 1 full days for Clifford to start from maybe 8 AM on monday to 8 AM on tuesday, a day is when the earth rotates 1 time, In 1 day Oscar would spin around 1 time
month- in 1 month Clifford would be on 28 to 31 times, when the moon makes 1 full revolution around the earth it is 1 month, in 1 month Elmo would walk around Oscar one time.
year- in 1 year Clifford would be on 365 times! a year is one full revolution around the sun, in 1 year Oscar would walk around Big Bird 1 time and Elmo would walk around Oscar 12 times.
A year is how long it takes Clara to get around clifford the big red dog.
A day is like Clara going spinning in a circle and how everylong it takes to spin thats how long a day is.
A mouth is how long it takes cinderella to get around elmo.
astronamy is the sudy of space like shown in space monkeys
Rotation if the big red dog cliford sat down then his owner runs around him in a circle it would be a rotation the orbit is the path way around something like fish swiming to their food and the revolution is how long it tkes to go around something
the earth orbits the sun in 1 year
the moon orbits the earth in 1 month
the earth rotates in 1 day
a year is every time you have your birthday is 1 year
a day is 1 night and 1 day
a month is every time you flip the calander
A year is when the earth revolves around the sun once. An hour is 60 minutes. A day is 24 hours or when the earth makes a 360 on its axis.
A year is when the earth, which we are on, goes around the sun, the big bright thing in the sky, one time. Also, when we celebrate New Years Day, that's when we start a new year.
A month is when that big white thing in the sky is a big circle. The next time after that that the white thing is big again that is one month. We have 12 months like January and Feburary.
A day is when we spin around one time. Also, a day is when it goes from night to night again.
In one year, the earth will rotate or complete one revolution, around the sun once. Every time you turn a new age, it has been one year! Now in a month, the moon will revolve or orbit, around the Earth once. In one month, there is 30-31 days.. (: Each day, the Earth completes a complete rotation; this is 24 hours! This is like Garfeild, he has a new cartoon every day when you wake up!
in one year, the earth will rotate around the sun, like it takes that long for your birthday for you to turn into a new age.
in one month the moon rotates around the earth like how the months change names every 30 days.
when earth completes one rotation thats called a day, like how there is a new garfield episode every day.
a day is 1 time the moon goes around the earth(1 night and 1 day). a month is when the moon is invisible and then shines all the way back to being invisible again about 30 days. a year is when the earth goes around the sun 1 time (about 365 days).
P.S Cliford is awesome
Hello Clara, i hear you would like to learn about how long a day, month and a year is. Well, to begin with a day is one rotation of the Planet Earth. in 3 of these days, the moon will change from a full moon, to three/quarters of a moon, and then another 3 days it is a half of a moon, then another 3 days it is a quarter moon. After another 3 more days it is a new moon, which is where the moon is completly black. After about 30 days, or 1 month, the moon would have a full revoulution around the Earth, which is where the moon goes all the way around the Earth. Although the moon has made a revoulution around the Earth, the Earth has not made a revoulution around the sun. It has only done a twelfth of a revoulution, so the moon will have to revolve around the sun 12 times before the Earth has made 1 revoulution around the Sun. Once it has made a revoulution around the sun, then it has been 1 year, which is 365.25 days long.
1. Elmo is the moon and big bird is the Earth and cookie monster is the sun. Elmo goes in circles around big bird every month which is 30 days. Big bird spins in a circle every 24 hours which is 1 day. Big bird goes in a circle around the sun every 365 days which is 1 year.
to start a day is the world spinning around once in a complete circle like cinderrella in her dress. next a month is about 30 days or how long it takes the moon to make a complete cycle like a full moon to new to full. and finally we have a years which is 365 days and this meens that the earth has made one whole loop around the earth. A year is as long as if it where christmas to the next christmas.
A year is when the earth goes around the sun and this happens every three hundred sixd five days. That is why we have new years and this is why you get older every year.
A month happens when the moon goes around the earth from full moon to full moon. a month is like looking up and then look up at moon again.
A day is when the moon goes around the earth which is 24 hours. that is 48 half an hour shows or 24 one hour movies.
.Winnie The Pooh is the moon. Eyore is the Earth and Piglet is the sun. Winnie goes in circles around Eyore in the matter of one month.
Eyore goes around Piglet in the matter of 365 days.
..A day is when the Earth spins in one full circle around itself.
...A month is between 30-31 days except in Febuary it ranges from 28-29 days.
....A year is 12 months and 365 days.
It's simple to understand how long a year is. You know the great holiday of Christmas? Yeah, well all know THAT holiday:). Anyways, a year, is the amount of time between one christmas and another. This means that the Earth revolves around the sun one time. Now, a day is the amount of time that the earth turns 360 on it's axis (so a ocmplete day and night), OR 48 sesame street shows. Now, a month is roughly about the time that the moon revolves around the earth, so about 1440 Dora the Explorer episodes, and if you're not sure how many that is.......it's a lot. Trust me.
1. a year on earth is the amount of time it takes to revolve arount the sun once. it is also called the period of revolution.that is like every one of your birthdays. every birthday you get one year older.
2. a month on earth is the amount of time it takes for the moon to revolve around the earth. that is when the name of the month changes like february, march, april etc...
3. a day is the amount of time it takes for the earth to rotate once. it is also called the period of rotation. when you wake up in the morning it is the beginning of a new day. when you go to bed it is the end of the day. the acual end of the day is at midnight. that is when cinderella had to leave the ball because the majic didnt work anymore.
One rotation or how the earth spins on its axis, about on day. A day is the time from when you wake up one day to the time you wake up the next day. A month is about thirty days and is also how long it takes the moon to revolve around the son once. A year is twelve months and that is how long the earth takes to revolve around the sun.
1. Rotation means when the Earth turns on its axis. This is like when Cinderella twirls around while she is dancing at the ball.
2. Orbit means the path that a planet takes around the sun. This is like when you go to preschool and come back home on the roads.
3. Revolution means how long the Earth takes to travel around the sun. This is like when you run around the kitchen table once in a circle.
4. Period of Revolution is one year. THis is similar to how long it takes between when you turn 5.
1. A year is how long it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun.
2. A month is a fraction of how long it takes to revolve around the sun.
3. A day is 24 hours witch takes the earth to spin around 1 time.
Big bird (Earth) ran around sesimy street (the sun) in 10 seconds. For 1 year = 365 days. Also elmo(moon) runs around bigbird in 5 seconds to compleat a orbit.
A day is just the earth spinning around in a circle facing the sun and then the moon.
A month is how long it takes the moon to rotate or circle around the sun.
A year is the earth orbiting or going around the sun, the sun stays in the same place all the time, one time to rotate or sop around the earth is 365 days.
A year is when your birthday, 4th of july, halloween, and christmas all pass by. When they start over, it means it's a new year.
From the time you wake up, to the time you go to sleep, is a full day.
A month is about 30 days. There are 12 months in one year, and all the different holidays are in different months.
Every day the earth rotates one full circle a day. The earth rotates around the sun, wich stays right where it starts. The moon rotates around the earth, and every planet has it's own moon or moons, if they have any. So the mooon rotates around the earth, andthe earth rotates around the sun! Cool huh?
~Kyla
a day is how long it takes the earth to spin once this is called rotation. a month is how long it takes for the moon to go around the earth. a year is how long it takes the earth to go around the sun this is called revolution.
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rotation: spin 1 day 24 hours
Orbit: path (gum)
revolution: 365 days one body spis around another body
the earth orbits around the sun and the moon orbits around earth. you get a month by the moon orbiting or revoving around the earth. you get a day by the earth revolving around the sun. a day is created by the earth spinning.
First, a year is the time it takes for the Earth to go around the sun one time, like when you walk around in a circle. When we go around the sun it is called a revolution. Next, a rotation is the time it takes for the Earth to spin around once, like when you walk and spin at the same time around something. This is also called a rotation, or a full day, when we go through both night and day. A month is about the time the moon takes to go around Earth, just like when Earth goes around the sun.
EARTH:
The earth rotates once every 24 hours. The earths revolution goes on for 365 days which is a year.
MOON:
The moon has only revolution which it revolves around the earth.
SUN:
The sun stays were it is while the the earth rotates around the sun and the moon rotates around the earth.
The Earth, the place on which we live, spins around very fast. When it has spun all the way around itself and gotten back to the start, this is called a day.
While the Earth is spinning, it spins around the sun also. When it spins all the way around the sun and gets back to where it started, this is called a year.
A month is about 30 days long or 4 weeks. So if the Earth spun around itself 30 times you'd get about a month.
is a year earth around the sun month take to a revolution. a day is how long it takes the earth to rotate once.
1. Picture rotation as the spining of a pizza or cinderellas dress. The rotation of the earth on its axis takes one day
Orbit-If you ever played candy land you would follow the correct path to get to the end thats what the earth does when it orbits
Revolution-If you walk in circles around your dad trying to tell him something you are revolving around him it take one year for this to happen
Also when the moon spins around earth it is like a top being spined every night you will see the moon
a year is how long it takes for the earth to go around the sun. like how long it takes for your birthday to happen. a month is how long a moon to make a revolution. a day is how long the it takes for the earth to rotate once
A year on earth is 365 days and a quarter and this is called a revolution. One revolution is like when Clifford runs around a tree, but that only takes about one second and earths revolution is 365 days and a quarter.
To describe a day is when Clifford spins around in place one time. That is a rotation and a earth rotation is about 24 hours.
For a month is like when Cliffords owner runs around him one time and thats a month,so Clifford is the earth and the moon goes around it once and the moon is Clifford's owner.
A month is the time it takes around the moon to start as a full moon then end as another full moon.
A day is the time it takes for the sun to start rising to the time it starts rising again
A year is the time from your birthday to your birthday again next year.
When you wake up in the morning and then go to bed at night that is one day. Or in other words, one rotation. Earth's period of rotation is 24 hours long. Just like in cinderella when the clock strikes 12 midnight, it is the end of one day and the start of a new rotation. When it is rotating or spinning on it's axis it's a following an orbit or a path that leads it around the sun. When it makes one full orbit around the sun, which takes Earth 365 days, that is one revolution. Earth's period of revolutiion makes a full year. The Earth is spinning on it's own, while it revolves around the sun. As this continues, the moon is revolving around the Earth creating it's own revoltion and rotation. Every body has another body that it revolves around that keeps the cycle moving in outer space.
1. Clifford (The Earth) runs around town (the sun) over and over again like the Earth revolves (a year) around the sun. 1/12 of the way to Cliffords destination would be a month. Sometimes Clifford jumps and he rotates, this rotation (spinning) would be a day. Emily Elizabeth (the moon) sometimes runs around Clifford and that would be the moon revolving around the sun.
heyy clara :) i am going to tell you about how the earth revoles and revoles means going in circles like a fan and stuff okay well the earth does one spin in 24 hrs which is a day. it takes 365 days or one year for us to spin once around the sun like thats why you only have one birthday every year and the moon travels around earth as we are around the sun like when you play tag you chase well sorta the moon has many diffrent styles bye clara :)
Clifford the big red dog runs around his doghouse in 10 seconds. The earth goes around the sun in about 365 days.
A day is similar to how long it takes for a dog trying to catch his tail. One time he rotates is equal to a day on earth.
A month is similar to you driving around your house one time.
1. Clara, a year is the period of time it takes the earth to revolve arounds the sun. For example, how long it takes Clifford to run aroung a tree. Only instead of 365 and one fourth days, it takes Clifford around five seconds.
2. A month is how long it takes the moon to revolve around the earth. so, in example, a month is how long it takes for the Cookie monster(moon) to revolve around Big Bird, while Big Bird(earth) is running around Kermit (sun).
3. a day is how long it takes for the earth to spin on time, while revolving around the sun. So, for example, how long it takes the mysetery machine (earth) to do an oreo (spinning thingy) around itself while goiong around the monster.
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