![]() Other lessons in this resource, produced by the Hamilton Trust, look at: Session B in this lesson pack provides an investigation on sundials which further help children see that the Earth spins on its axis and this results in day and night. Another flag could be put on Australia so they can see that whilst some countries have daytime others have night as they are facing away from the sun. Try putting a little flag or small plastic figure on the UK and ask them at different points in the spin of the globe wether it is daytime or nightime in the UK and why they know this. Having children model a spinning globe facing a light source is a great way of helping them to understand why we have day and night. ![]() Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Hamilton TrustĬhildren may think that day and night is caused by the sun going behind the Earth or hiding behind clouds rather than because the Earth spins on its axis taking 24 hours or one day to do so. ![]()
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