In this activity, students will make observations and understand that the sky looks different during the day than it does at night.

This article describes common misconceptions held by elementary students about the cause of day and night and seasons. The article provides ideas for formative assessment, teaching strategies, and the National Science Education Standards.

Students will view the different phases of the moon by viewing images in a "moon phases box." Note: This activity requires the students, acting as the Earth, to revolve around a stationary moon. This is of course the opposite of what actually occurs. Some students may be aware that the moon revolves around the Earth, others may not, so you may want to clarify the actual movement.

In this lesson, students will review what objects are found in the day and night skies through text, images, discussion, and an interactive song. Students will verbally identify objects in each sky as assessment.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, highlights ways to teach about the extremes in day and night and seasons in the Arctic and Antarctica. The targeted literacy skill is cause/effect relationships. Art and poetry are integrated through a study of the aurora.

This article assembles free resources from the Polar Patterns: Day, Night, and Seasons issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.

This article highlights children's literature about day and night, seasons, the aurora, and cause and effect for use in the elementary classroom.

Students will share their knowledge of the Earth and Sun as it pertains to day and night and generate questions about the causes of day and night using a KWL chart. They will then use a flashlight and model of the Earth to investigate how the rotation of the Earth affects night and day. Students will discuss their findings, adding what they learned to their charts, and diagram their understanding in their journals.

Afraid of the dark? Hopefully, after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark, you will have a greater appreciation for the nighttime. Using our sense of touch, we will get “hands-on” with our first set of experiments!

We have created helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 Using your sense of touch to ID things (2 min 20 sec): https://youtu.be/ffDhiYY_r78?t=134
4.L.1 Humans have poor eyesight at night, sense of touch heightened (2.5 min): https://youtu.be/ffDhiYY_r78?t=153

In this activity, students will observe and describe what the sky looks like at different times, identify objects in the sky and recognize changes over time, and look for objects that are common to the daytime and nighttime sky.

Students will draw the moon's shape for each evening on a calendar and then determine the pattern in the shapes over several weeks.

This resourse is part of Tools4NCTeachers. This ready-to-use packet provides all the materials and organizational tools needed to host a family math event at your school.  The materials are focused around Cluster 7 standards. Please remix this resource to share additional ideas for hosting a family math event!

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  This Family Math Night planning guide contains everything you'd need to have a fabulous second grade math night at your school.  It includes parent invitations, sign-in sheets, games, directions, and family evaluations. 

This resourse is part of Tools4NCTeachersThis ready-to-use packet provides all the materials and organizational tools needed to host a family math event at your school.  The materials are focused around Cluster 5 standards.Please remix this resource to share additional ideas for hosting a family math event!

Afraid of the dark? Hopefully after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark you will have a greater appreciation for the night. Using our sense of touch, we will get “hands-on” with our first set of experiments!

We have created a helpful clip if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 Sense of Touch (15 sec): https://youtu.be/qmhrbAD0Lz8?t=134