Astronomy: Age 11

4 illustrated Astronomy lessons for Age 11.

Why we have seasons The Earth travels around the Sun while its axis always leans toward the same direction in space. So during the…
Earth's Spin and Daylight Earth turns around a line through its poles once about every 24 hours. As it turns, each place moves into sunl…
Earth Spins and Orbits Earth spins around a tilted axis, so every place gets times in sunlight and times in shadow. As Earth travels …
Solar Eclipse Shadows A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth and blocks sunlight. The middle of the M…