Materials Required
  • A whole day with day and night
  • Crayons and Paper

How to do it

  • Describe the changes that occur during the day as day turns to night and when the night turns to day.
  • Make the children observe the day sky and night sky.
  • Let them also note down the objects seens on the day sky and night sky such as clouds, stars, moon etc.
  • Make them to draw with crayons the day sky and the night sky.
  • Let them classify according the day objects and night objects.
  • Let them observe the sun at sunrise and at sunset.
  • Show them the color change in the sky during sunrise and sunset. This is due to diffraction of light when the sun is at the lowest.

 

What is learnt

  • Sun supplies heat and light to the earth.
  • Day and night cycle of earth.