<p>By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:</p> <ul> <li>Identify what causes day and night time.</li> <li>Describe how the Earth moves:</li> <li>Through rotating:</li> <li>Around the Sun:</li> <li>Explain the link between the rotation of the Earth and the effect on days.</li> </ul>

<p>Day and Night - Year 5</p> <p>In this science teaching resource pupils discover why the Earth has day and night and why it appears that the Sun moves across the sky covering the curriculum objectives of the Year 5 science programme of study (Earth and space). Content includes:</p> <ul> <li>An explanation of the rotation of the Earth</li> <li>An explanation of why the rotation of the Earth causes day and night</li> <li>A suggested science activity to illustrate the causes of day and night</li> <li>An explanation of how the rotation of the Earth causes the sun to appear to move across the sky with activity worksheet</li> <li>A link to an explanatory video</li> <li>Day and night quiz</li> <li>1 worksheet</li> </ul> <p>‘Day and Night - Year 5’ is completely editable so that teachers can adapt, alter and revise it as much or as little as required.</p> <p><strong>Not quite what you’re looking for? Click below for similar resources:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/planets-on-the-move-year-5-11042948">Planets on the Move</a></p>

<p>Night and Day Sorting Activity</p> <p>Description: Engage young learners in the concept of day and night with our captivating sorting activity designed to reinforce understanding of these two distinct periods. This resource includes vibrant visuals and hands-on tasks to facilitate active learning and conceptualization.</p> <p>Activity Components:</p> <p>Sorting Pictures: Two large pictures—one depicting a serene night scene and the other showcasing a bright daytime setting—are provided as sorting mats. Alongside these mats are 24 small pictures representing various objects, animals, and scenes commonly associated with either day or night. Children are encouraged to place each picture onto the corresponding sorting mat based on whether it belongs to the day or night category.<br /> Cutting and Sticking Activity: Following the sorting activity, children can further reinforce their understanding of day and night by engaging in a cutting and sticking exercise. They are presented with a worksheet containing a mix of pictures representing elements of both day and night scenes. Children are tasked with carefully cutting out each picture and pasting them into the appropriate section of the worksheet—either under the “Day” or “Night” heading.<br /> Benefits:</p> <p>Reinforces understanding of the concept of day and night.<br /> Promotes visual discrimination and categorization skills.<br /> Encourages fine motor development through cutting and sticking tasks.<br /> Supports hands-on, interactive learning experiences.<br /> This night and day sorting activity is an ideal addition to early years classrooms, homeschooling environments, or as a fun and educational activity at home. Spark curiosity and facilitate meaningful discussions about the natural rhythms of day and night with this engaging resource.</p>

KS3 - Day and Night, Seasons and Years.

<p>full lesson</p>

<p>In this lesson students will work towards the objective: use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.</p> <p>They will first learn about how our understanding of day and night has changed over time before understanding the science behind the suns ‘apparent’ movement across the sky. They will also learn how sundials work before explaining what they have learnt on the activity sheet. They will then learn about the seasons and the science behind the concentration of the sun’s energy on the Earth’s surface. They will be taught how this links to time zones and again will explain their understanding through the activity sheet.</p> <p>The engaging presentation- with links to online video clips and the activity sheets are all provided. A knowledge organiser for Earth &amp; Space is also included.</p> <p>This lesson is intended for Year 5 students but can easily be modified for all KS2 and KS3 students.</p> <p>This lesson is 1/6 lessons on Earth &amp; Space. To view the other lessons, please visit: <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou/Primary%20science">https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ResourcesForYou/Primary science</a></p> <p>Leave a review for this resource and send a copy of your receipt to <a href="mailto:resourcesforyou100@outlook.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">resourcesforyou100@outlook.com</a> to receive a FREE single resource of your choice!</p>

<p>The starter activity is a glossary, matching key words to their definition. It is differentiated for higher and lower (higher have ore words)</p> <p>The presentation then discusses why we experience night and day. There are lots of youtube links to help visual learners.</p> <p>The main activity requires children to shade in a diagram and then explain why we experience night and day.<br /> Higher children have key words and need to write their own sentences<br /> Lower children fill in missing words<br /> SEN children have first letter of each missing word</p> <p>Please note I do not own any of the pictures or videos used in these resources.</p>

<p>Speech bubbles, matching rhyming words and caption writing activities to support the book Night Monkey Day Monkey</p>

<p>Differentiated shading and fill in the blanks exercise to reinforce teaching on Day and Night.</p>

fill in sheet

<p>Maths work sheets with a Day monkey and Night monkey, theme.</p> <p>Also a free 5 little monkey, nursery rhyme set.</p> <p>Included in this selection is-</p> <p>Counting to 5</p> <p>Sorting day and night activities</p> <p>Sorting day and night animals</p> <p>Order activities as they occur throughout the day/night</p> <p>Identifying groups of 3</p> <p>Identifying groups of 5</p> <p>Matching shadows</p> <p>Missing numbers</p> <p>Create 5 frames</p> <p>Positional language</p> <p>Matching numbers to amounts</p> <p>Number bonds to 5</p> <p>Adding 2 groups</p>

powerpoint looking at why we have day and night

Images of night and day with simple sentences and questions. Pictures of nocturnal animals with labels. What do we do in the daytime? Colouring sheet idea for continuous provision. Please leave a comment if you have time!

<p>Two lessons for the year 5 space topic on day and night/ seasons. Includes demonstrations will need football (sun) and smaller ball (earth). Includes work sheets activities and videos.</p>

<p>Cards provided in inprint for children to complete two seperate activites. Children can sort ;things they do in the day’ and ‘things they do at night’ as well as a daily routine activity,</p>

<p>This lesson covers why we have day and night, with a variety of tasks and questions, all with solutions. This is a full lesson.<br /> Designed for the new Cambridge checkpoint specification but can also be used with UK and other curriculum.</p>

<p>Once pupils have grasped the idea of day and night being caused by the Earths rotation, build on it with this activity introducing and explaining the concept of a timezone.</p>

Simple Powerpoint document on day and night activities.

<p>A fun song written for a Year 1 class (but suitable for K.S.1) linked to their topic on ‘Light and Dark.’ The song explores louds and softs in music leading to the children creating their own Day and Night music and many other musical activities around the topic. Why not create a dance using black and yellow scarves or strips of crepe paper.</p>

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