Contents:

• 1 x Day and night Session for teachers
• 1 x Day and night Text Resource
• 1 x Day and night Image Resource

Objectives: Children shed light on why day and night occur on Earth and why day length changes throughout the year. They then investigate the movement and lengthening of shadows during a sunny day by examining sundials, and graph changes in day length during the year.

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