Grades 1–3
Nocturnal or Diurnal?
Sort ten animals into the ones awake at night and the ones awake in the day.
Science worksheet · Day and night
Earth Spins: Day and Night
Label the sun, Earth, day and night on the diagram, then fill in five sentences about Earth’s spin.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Day and night
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Day and night, Earth’s rotation, Nocturnal animals
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. Label the diagram. The arrow shows Earth spinning.
- 2. Fill in the blanks.
- 1. Earth spins around once every hours.
- 2. The side of Earth facing the sun has
- 3. The side facing away from the sun has
- 4. The sun seems to rise in the
- 5. The sun seems to set in the
Words on this sheet
sunEarthdaynighteastwest
Teacher tip
Stick a small sticker on a globe for your town and spin it past a lamp.
How to use it
- Spin a globe in front of a lamp to show day and night.
- Turn the lights off and ask which animals would be awake now.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
The sun doesn’t move around Earth. Earth spins.
Talk about it
- Why is it night on the other side of the world?
- What question do you still have?
Take it further
Track sunset times on the class calendar for a month.
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More day and night worksheets
Grades 3–5
How Long Is the Day?
Write the sunrise and sunset times once a week for six weeks, work out the hours of daylight and explain the change.
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