So.........it's that time of year again. My days of coming home from work and washing my car in t-shirt and shorts, hanging by the pool, or just going for a long outdoors walk are going to be on pause for a while. It's staying darker longer and will be getting colder and colder. Don't worry, put another log on the fire and listen to the youtube link below and you'll feel chipper again!
Is it working for you? Ahhhh, well I gave it a shot. But, why does it have to get cold?! Well, being where we are in the Northern Hemisphere, we are tilted away from the sun, therefore, the bitter temperatures come until we rotate back on our axis and no longer have our back to the sun. I've listed a few illustrations below, some for educational purposes, and some to illustrate how I personally feel in the winter. I think the one with the purple aliens would be fantastic for elementary students. It keeps the whole complexity of this very simple, and who doesn't think aliens are cool? I found it surprising that the earth is actally closer to the sun, but we don't feel that warmth because we are tilted away. This 23 degree tilt also effects the length of daylight in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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