Day and Night

Earth spins, so the sun seems to rise and set.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 15

The sun is always shining. But Earth is a giant ball, and only half of it faces the sun at a time. That half has day.
The other half faces away from the sun. It's dark there: that half has night.
Earth spins around once every day, about 24 hours. So your home turns into the sunlight, then out of it: day, then night, again and again.
When it's daytime in Georgia, it's nighttime on the other side of the world!
Try it with a grown-up! In a dark room, shine a flashlight on a ball. Put a sticker on the ball and slowly spin it. When is the sticker in day? When is it in night?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2E2.c — Represent data in tables and/or graphs of the length of the day and night to recognize the change in seasons.