What Causes Day and Night?

1st Grade

Day and NightDay and Night

Each day the sun Each day the sun seems to move seems to move across the sky.across the sky.

It’s not the sun It’s not the sun that is moving…IT that is moving…IT IS THE IS THE EARTH!!!!EARTH!!!!

Earth Earth rotatesrotates.. To To rotaterotate is to spin is to spin

like a top.like a top.

As Earth rotates…As Earth rotates… As Earth rotates, the As Earth rotates, the

side we live on turns side we live on turns toward the sun.toward the sun.

The sun lights the The sun lights the sky, and we have a sky, and we have a day.day.

As Earth keeps As Earth keeps rotating, our side rotating, our side turns away from the turns away from the sun.sun.

The sky gets dark, The sky gets dark, and we have night!and we have night!

Let’s watch videos of the Let’s watch videos of the Earth rotating!Earth rotating!

Rotating Earth DayRotating Earth Day & Night & Night

Earth, Sun & MoonEarth, Sun & Moon

Time to put on our Time to put on our THINKING CAPS!!!!THINKING CAPS!!!!

What do we have when the side of What do we have when the side of Earth we live on turns toward the Earth we live on turns toward the sun? Why?sun? Why?

Why does the sun seem to move in Why does the sun seem to move in the sky?the sky?

What is rotate?What is rotate?