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Direct linkGlassman, Sarah; Shepard, Elizabeth; Seymour, Ryan; Zdawczyk, Christina – Science and Children, 2020
Both children and adults struggle to explain the cause of the day/night cycle and the seasons (Schoon 1995). Early elementary students may not be developmentally ready to explain that patterns of day and night are caused by Earth's rotation on its axis, or that the seasons are caused by Earth's tilted axis as the planet revolves around the Sun.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Earth Science
Ehrlen, Karin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
To acknowledge both conceptual and situational factors, children's understanding of the Earth was considered from three angles: 1. the perspective as the physical point or direction from which something is seen or depicted; 2. conceptual frameworks; 3. the relevance of explanations in a situation. Fourteen children were interviewed individually in…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Comprehension, Astronomy
