In order to explain the cause of the seasons as a combination of daily and orbital rotational actions to students, it is necessary to look at the effects of the orbital component through the Polar day/night cycle at the North and South Poles.

Get the students to walk around a table representing the Earth's orbit of the Sun. Tell them to keep facing in one direction at all times so that they find themselves walking forward, sideways, backwards by turns until they complete the cycle. Their head represents the North Pole so sometimes they will face away from the table/Sun and at other times the side of their face will orient towards the table/ Sun. It represents the single day/night cycle at the North and South Poles where sunrise/sunset happens on the Equinoxes and Polar noon and midnight happens on the Solstices.

As this surface rotation reflects the orbital motion of the Earth, the surface speed varies so this is also the variable component reflected in the natural noon cycle when it combines with daily rotation.