Year 3
What is the difference between night and day?
In this lesson, we will be learning about the difference between night and day. You will find out how the earth turns and why night and day happen.
Year 3
What is the difference between night and day?
In this lesson, we will be learning about the difference between night and day. You will find out how the earth turns and why night and day happen.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- State that Earth rotates on an axis
- How the spin of the Earth creates night and day
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4 Questions
Q1.
What is the opening of the eye called?
The eyeball
The lens
Q2.
What happens when light hits an object?
It moves around the object.
Q3.
What happens after the light is reflected off the object?
It stays on the object.
It travels in a wavy line to the eye.
Q4.
Where does the eye send signals to?
The heart
The nose
4 Questions
Q1.
You can see the sun when it is night-time. True or false?
True
Q2.
How many hours are there in one day?
36
42
Q3.
The earth rotates on an imaginary line called an ...
Centre
Pole
Q4.
When it is our daytime, our part of the planet is facing ...
Away from the sun.