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Lesson 2 How does Earth have day and night? Unit of work Out of this world! Exploring the science of Space. Stage 2: Year 4 Term: N/A Week: N/A Key Scientific Knowledge: The earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun (Elearnin, 2012). The axis is an imaginary pole through the middle of the Earth, going through the North and South pole. It takes 24 hours (a whole day) for the Earth to do a full rotation. During this 24 hour rotation, half of the Earth faces the Sun and the other half faces the night (Thomas & Sydenham, 2009).

Outcomes NSW Science Syllabus: - ES S2.6 - UTS2.9, DM S2.8 - VA1, VA4, VA5 NSW Science Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: - ST2-9ES - ST2-1VA - ST2-4WS, ST2-5WT KLA integration: NSW English Syllabus: - WS2.9 NSW English Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: - EN2-6B

Resources - Computer and youtube clip Earths motion: Elementary science (Elearnin, 2012). - A blow up plastic ball. - Sticky labels. - Black texta - Torch - Resources for visual representation (cardboard, textas/pencils, scissors, magazines, computers, ipads) - SMARTboard and Earth and beyond (The University of Manchester, 2012)

Lesson description: - 5 min: Begin with class brainstorm on discussion question: Why do you think we get day and night on Earth? - 5 min: Watch youtube clip Earths motion: Elementary science, showing how we get day and night (Elearnin, 2012). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSlDejjY2I0. Discuss video and relate back to original brainstorm to extend on initial ideas. - 10 min: Form a big circle. Using a ball, choose a student to place a little sticky label of where Australia is roughly. Assist students in labelling some other continents i.e. Asia, Africa, America, Europe. Ask one student to come up and hold the ball. Turn off the lights so the room is dark and give one of the students a torch to shine on the Earth. Discuss where the torch is facing and what this means. Ask student holding the ball to rotate it so that it is facing the other side. Discuss what happens when Australia is in the dark. Discuss how long it takes for the Earth to do a full rotation (24 hours). Have a conversation about the moon. Does the moon have light? (We can only see the moon as it reflects off the Sun when it is behind it). - 10 minutes: As a class, explore interactive website:http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/dayandnight / - Give students opportunity to change time using the arrows to show the different light on Earth at different

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times. Answer the 4 quiz questions at the end as a class to clarify understandings and emphasise key learning, (The University of Manchester, 2012). - 20 min: Allow for children in small groups of 3 to create a representation of their learning, either through the use of the computers (PowerPoint etc.), or with cardboard and pencils. Encourage students to label the sun and the earth and include key information such as: the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun; how long does it take for the Earth to do a full rotation. - 5 min: To finish the lesson, encourage students to share their representations and share their key understandings from the lesson. Simplification: Extension: - Use students who may be struggling as assistants for - Encourage greater detail for groups who are model i.e. holding ball or torch. Encourage them to confident with task. Ask them to identify questions share their thoughts. for exploration related to the topic. - Group students of mixed abilities to encourage peer learning.

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References: Elearnin. (2012). Earths motion: Elementary science [video]. Retrieved 20th October, 2013 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSlDejjY2I0 NSW Board of Studies. (2012). English K-10 syllabus. Retrieved 20th October, 2013 from: http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/download/ NSW Board of Studies. (2007). English k-6 syllabus. Retrieved 20th October, 2013 from: http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/files/english/k6_english_syl.pdf Thomas., R., & Sydenham, S. (2009). Night and day. Retrieved from: http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/daynight.htm The University of Manchester. (2012). Earth and Beyond: day and night. Retrieved 22nd October, 2013 from: http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/day andnight/