The Leap Year
Educational video for kids to learn about the rotation and revolution movements of the earth. Kids will find out what each movement involves, how long the earth takes to spin around the sun or around its axis, how we explain seasons, leap years and lots of other interesting facts. This video is part of a larger collection of Science videos for kids. Wonderful resource for primary school kids. Thanks for visiting us! If you want your children to smile and learn, subscribe! 😀 We only upload our own content, designed by educators so that children smile and learn while watching a video. All of our content reinforces educational values, encouraging the use of multiple intelligences and language learning.
A leap year is a year that has 366 days instead of the usual 365. This extra day, February 29, is added to keep our calendar in sync with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
Why Do We Have Leap Years?
The Earth takes about 365.2422 days to complete one orbit around the Sun. Since a standard calendar year has only 365 days, that extra 0.2422 days (almost 6 hours) accumulates over time. If we didn’t add an extra day every four years, our calendar would slowly drift out of sync with the seasons. At 3’33»
