Why do we have Day and Night?

Why do we have Day and Night?

With this hands-on activity students will build a simple model of Earth to understand that its rotation causes the occurrence of day and night and the fact that two people on opposite sides will not experience simultaneous daytime or night-time. Banner image by Adam...
Day and night in the world

Day and night in the world

In this activity, students investigate the differences between day and night by comparing nocturnal and diurnal animals. They use a model of the Earth to demonstrate how day and night occur on Earth and explain that people and animals living on different parts of the...