Mundesley Junior - School Science - Earth, Sun and Moon

Why do we have day and night?

Can you see what this picture is trying to show you?
Ask if you can't.

What does it prove?

Day and Night Earth Viewer in real time.

Woodlands Junior School is a great source of information.

A series of pictures showing how the day and night change throughout the world during 24 hrs.

Thanks to a little programme called OSX Planet by Gabriel Otte for these pictures.

Check out the Time Zones around the world

Can we trust our senses? The earth is flat isn't it?	Is it the sun that rotates around the earth?	Why do we get seasons?
What causes day and night?	How many planets orbit the sun?	Why do some days have more daylight than others?
How far away is the sun?	What causes shadows?	Have humans ever been to the moon?
How hot is the sun?	Does the moon rotate?	What is the sun?
Is there a man on the moon?	Why does the moon seem to change shape?	How hot is the sun?
See! Look! There's his footprint.	Does the moon burn like the sun? Is that why it glows at night?	Does the moon affect the earth?
What are the relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon?	What do we mean by an eclipse of the moon?	Can you work out a way to model the relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon?