Does assessing Earth Science vocabulary making your head spin? Test scholars' knowledge of revolving and rotating using an interactive tool. The movement of a new planet and its moon is in their hands, allowing them to explore and identify these two basic concepts.

Concepts

the earth's rotation, revolutions, orbiting, the sun

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the discussion question at the end of the interactive as a class participation grade
• Have the class brainstorm other rotating and revolving relationships

Classroom Considerations

• Access the resource through a free CK-12 account
• Plan time in the computer lab for individual Internet access

Pros

• Pupils must type in the correct response, eliminating some of the 50/50 guessing between revolving and orbiting
• The graphics are simple and operate smoothly

Cons

• None