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Brehony and Abel Torres  \nTable of Contents  \nExperiment Overview 2  \nTeaching Tips 5  \nArizona Science Standards 6  \nLearn more  \nThis is a companion PDF for this online article:  \nSeasoned to the Tilt  \n[askabiologist.asu.edu/experiments/seasoned-tilt](askabiologist.asu.edu/experiments/seasoned-tilt)  \nAbout the Authors  \nDan Brehony is a 5th Grade Science teacher at San Tan Elementary School in Higley, Arizona. Dan has been teaching 5th Grade for twelve years, and teaching 5th Grade Science exclusively in a departmentalized setting for 3 years.  \nAbel Torres is currently a teacher candidate at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, and has been working with Mr. Brehony’s 5th Grade Science students for the 2013-2014 school year.  \nSeasoned to the Tilt Experiment [Packet | askabiologist.asu.edu/experiments/seasoned-tilt | Ask A Biologist](Packet | askabiologist.asu.edu/experiments/seasoned-tilt | Ask A Biologist)  1  \nHave you ever thought about your favorite season, and why it looks and feels the way it does? Depending on where you live, you may experience seasons that are temperature-based (with cold, warm, and hot months of the year), or climate-based seasons such as dry and wet. This activity will help you see and understand why Earth has seasons, and the two things that work together to make seasonal changes happen. You will be making your own model “Earth” out of clay and using this in front of a battery-powered tap light bulb to see how much light shines on the Earth during certain seasons. You will revolve your Earth model around in a counter-clockwise circle to observe and record how much light shines on each of your hemispheres during each season. Through this activity, you will see how parts of the Earth other than your own experience seasons, with different amounts of sunlight intensity. Ask yourself how the tilt of our Earth’s axis, along with the yearly revolution Earth makes around the Sun, might affect the seasons where you live.  \nWhat you need  \n• 1 package of non-drying modeling clay  \n• 1 toothpick  \n• 1 anywhere tap light (can be purchased in any major retail chain store’s electrical or hardware section)  \n• 1 roll masking tape  \n• 1 Protractor  \n• 1 30 cm (12’’) ruler  \n• 1 meter stick  \n• 1 paper blotter (to keptable areas clean-maybe folded paper towel or a small sheet of construction papershould measure no more then 4’’ [10 cm] square)  \n• 1 pencil (per person)  \n• 1 Science notebook (per person)  \nThe same tree in four different seasons. Image from Cherubino via Wikimedia Commons.  \nBefore you begin  \nBe sure that the batteries in your tap light work; this is essential to your success with this activity!  \nBe sure to work with your clay on the paper blotter-this will protect your desk from getting the oils in the clay on it and making a mess.  \nHave your Science notebook and a sharp pencil ready to record what you see. 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