Day and Night

Learning Outcomes
Pupils will be able to:

• state that it is daytime for part of the Earth facing the Sun.
• state that it is nightime for the part of the Earth facing away from the Sun.
• explain that day and night occur due to the rotation of the Earth on its axis.\

• The Earth rotates on its axis. This rotation causes day and night.
• The part of the Earth that is facing the Sun experiences daytime.
• The part of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun experiences night-time.

The Occurence of Day and Night