Night and Day

Some of these statements are correct and some are incorrect.  Can you pick out and write out the statements that are correct?

The sun appears to move across the sky from west to east during the course of a day.

The sun appears to move across the sky from east to west during the course of a day.

The earth appears to move across the sky over the course of a day.

It is the sun that moves and not the earth.

It is the earth that moves and not the sun.

The earth spins on its axis once every 12 hours.

The earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.

The earth spins on its axis once every 365 days.

Many changes take place as day changes to night.  
(Lights are switched on, or off, stars become visible, flowers open, or close, owls and bats fly about, shadows are seen, people open or shut their curtains, etc.)

Can you draw two pictures, one showing a particular place in the daytime, and one showing the same place at night?
Think about the changes that might occur and try to show as many of these as you can in your pictures.

Now in your own words explain what causes us to have days and nights.  Can you also explain, why it can be daytime in one part of the world and, at the same time, night time in another? 

Use a globe to list some places that have their daylight hours, when, we in the United Kingdom, are experiencing night.