Grade 2 · Unit 6: The Earth and the Sun
Day and night
The Earth spins – that is why we have day and night.
Our planet
The Earth is a planet. It is shaped like a ball. It is in space, near the Sun.
From space, you can see blue oceans, brown and green land, and white clouds.
The Earth spins
The Earth spins all the time, like a top. It turns round once every 24 hours.
It is the Earth that turns, not the Sun.
Day and night
The side facing the Sun has day. The side facing away has night. As the Earth spins, we move from day into night.
On one side of the line the Sun is setting. On the other side it is already night.
Day here, night there
When it is morning in Dhaka, it is night in America. Someone, somewhere, is always waking up!
While Dhaka sleeps, it is daytime in countries on the other side of the Earth.
What I learnt
- I know that the Earth spins.
- I can explain that day and night happen because the Earth spins.