Lesson 4: Long summer days, long winter nights
Grades K–2 · about 15 minutes · NGSS 1-ESS1-2. By the end: I can say that there is more daylight in summer than in winter.
Learn
- In summer, the Sun comes up early and goes down late. There's lots of daylight for playing outside.
- In winter, the Sun comes up late and goes down early. It's dark before dinner!
- The longest day of the year is in June, and the shortest is in December, for everyone in the United States.
Try it
Look at a calendar. Find June and December. Ask a grown-up: is it dark at dinner time in December? In June?
Quiz: five questions
Four right is a pass. Peabody reads every question; tap a box.
Peabody is getting the questions ready…
Tonight's task
Each evening this week, write down when it gets dark. Is it getting earlier or later?
☀️ Night task: Long summer days, long winter nights
Each evening this week, write down when it gets dark. Is it getting earlier or later?
A grown-up comes too. Never look at the Sun.
Day 1: dark at
Day 3: dark at
Day 5: dark at
Earlier or later?
Date: ____________ Clear? ☐ yes ☐ some clouds ☐ cloudy
“Owls are supposed to be wise. Mostly we just stay up late and look at things.”