Help your students to understand how Earth’s tilt causes the seasons with this engaging folding activity!

Designed as a hands-on way to explore the effect of Earth’s tilt, this resource includes an instruction sheet (with two per page to save on printing), double-sided templates and an answer sheet. Students will use protractors to measure and draw Earth’s axis at 23.5 degrees, complete key information about each season and learn about the solstices and equinoxes. This resource is a fun, interactive tool for visualising Earth’s tilt and its impact on seasonal changes, ideal for strengthening comprehension through diagrams.

You might find it useful to show your students the Earth’s Tilt & the Seasons POWERPOINT prior to completing this activity.

This resource is part of our Year 6 Earth & Space Sciences: Observing Space Patterns & Cycles UNIT PLAN.