Night and Day

The main presentation is a PowerPoint with animated sequences showing how the rotation of the Earth results in night and day.

Support Material
Readme (instructions for whole lesson)
Learning Outcomes (PowerPoint)
Starter Activity (PowerPoint and Worksheet)
Main Activity (PowerPoint with worksheets and answer sheets)
Lesson Notes (hand-out)
Plenary Activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)

It is intended for all science teachers but particularly those who are not physics specialists. It is, primarily, aimed at 11 to 14 year old pupils but can also be used with younger pupils as a precursor to a more in-depth study of this topic. Normally, the activities would fill a 45 to 60 minute lesson.

If you buy this resource, please print the Readme document as it contains the instructions and details of the files included.

Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes are based on Bloom’s taxonomy of hierarchical classification: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The lesson title and learning outcomes are:

Why Do We Have Night And Day?
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge

• to describe the Earth’s 24 hour cycle and how this results in day and night
• to recognise the effect that the tilt of the Earth’s axis has on the northern and southern hemispheres
  Analysis
• to compare the relative times of day in different parts of the World.

Differentiation
The activities have varying degrees of differentiation; please refer to the Readme document.