If we stood in the same spot outside for an entire day, it would look like the Sun was moving across the sky. It is really the Earth that is moving! As your spot on the Earth rotates toward the Sun, we see a sunrise, and as it rotates away, you see a sunset. The Sun appears to be directly above us in the sky at noon.
In the picture above, Rosy sees the Sun rise in the east because the Earth is rotating. She sees the Sun directly above her at noon, and then she sees the Sun set in the west - all because of the Earth's rotation.
So, we know that the Earth's rotation causes day and night. The Earth's revolution around the Sun also causes our seasons. The different seasons on Earth are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis and the angle of the sunlight when it hits the Earth.
The Earth is not positioned straight up and down - it is tilted at an angle. So, for example, when the Earth is tipped towards the Sun, the northern hemisphere has summer. Summer in the northern hemisphere brings longer days (over 12 hours of sunlight a day!) and shorter nights. The sunlight during the summer is also hitting the Earth head on, which heats that part of the Earth. At the same time of the year, the southern hemisphere is having winter, which means less hours of daylight. The sunlight is not striking the southern hemisphere head on at that time, which causes less heating of the Earth in the southern hemisphere.
Entry 6: Can you find an example of a country that is having winter when you are having summer? Record the country in your log. Write a paragraph about 1) what you do in the summer and 2) what a boy or girl your age in that country might be doing at that same time, when they are having winter.
Entry 6: Can you find an example of a country that is having winter when you are having summer? Record the country in your log. Write a paragraph about 1) what you do in the summer and 2) what a boy or girl your age in that country might be doing at that same time, when they are having winter. 
