🌍 Part 1: Understanding Day and Night

1. What causes day and night on Earth?

The Sun moving around Earth

The Earth rotating (spinning)

Clouds covering the Sun

2. When your side of Earth faces the Sun, what do you experience?

Night time

Day time

Sunset

3. How long does it take for Earth to make one complete rotation?

12 hours

24 hours

1 week

4. Fill in the blanks:

The Earth spins like a _____________ top. When New Zealand faces the _____________, we have daytime. When New Zealand faces away from the Sun, we have _____________.

🎨 Part 2: Draw and Explain

5. Draw a diagram showing Earth and the Sun. Show which side has day and which side has night. Use colours to make it clear.

6. Label your diagram with these words: Earth, Sun, Day, Night, Rotation

7. Explain in your own words how the Earth's rotation causes day and night:

🔍 Part 3: Think Deeper

8. If you could watch Earth from space, which direction would you see it spinning?

9. Extension Challenge: Why do different countries around the world have day and night at different times?

10. Home Observation: Tonight, look outside and notice where the Sun sets. Tomorrow morning, notice where it rises. Draw or write what you observe: