Day and Night

day and night
Description

By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

  • explore the concept of night and day;
  • understand how they occur as a result of the rotation of Earth around its axis;
  • understand that it takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate around its axis.
  • understand that when the Earth rotates, it is day on the side facing the Sun and night on the side facing away from the Sun.

Year 5 Science: Earth and space

  • use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

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