ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Kids Education And Art Our Planet Earth | Rotation and Formation of Day and Night | Video for Kids
Hello, friends! Do you know who I am? Yes, you guessed it—I’m Earth, the planet you live on! Today, I’m going to tell you some cool things about me, your home planet.
Did you know I have brothers and sisters? I’m the third planet from the Sun, and I’ve been around for a very long time. Scientists have studied the rocks on my surface and found out that I’m more than 4.5 billion years old! That’s a really big number, isn’t it?
I look like a big ball, but I’m actually called a sphere. I’m so huge that if you wanted to travel from one end to the other, you’d have to go 25,000 miles! That’s a lot of walking.
Have you ever wondered why we have day and night? It’s because of me! I move all the time, just like when you’re on a train. You don’t feel the train moving, and you don’t feel me moving either because I’m so big!
I spin like a top, and this spinning is called rotation. It takes me a whole day to spin around once. While I’m spinning, one side of me faces the Sun, and that’s when you have daytime. The other side is away from the Sun, and that’s when you have nighttime. As I keep spinning, day turns into night and night turns into day.
That’s all for today! Next time, we’ll learn more about my friend the Moon, the seasons, the atmosphere, clouds, rain, and so much more. Stay curious and see you soon!
Earth’s Rotation Experiment: Let’s see how Earth’s spinning dance creates day and night! Take a flashlight and a globe or a ball. Pretend the flashlight is the Sun and the globe is Earth. Shine the flashlight on one side of the globe. Slowly spin the globe and watch how the light moves across it. Can you see how one side is in the light (daytime) and the other is in the dark (nighttime)? Try this with a friend and take turns being the Earth and the Sun!
Draw Your Day and Night: On a piece of paper, draw a big circle to represent Earth. Divide it into two halves. On one half, draw what you see during the day, like the Sun, clouds, and maybe a bird. On the other half, draw what you see at night, like the Moon, stars, and maybe an owl. Share your drawing with your class and talk about what you like to do during the day and at night.
Observe and Record: For one week, observe the sky at different times of the day. In the morning, afternoon, and night, look up and write down or draw what you see. Is the sky bright or dark? Can you see the Sun, Moon, or stars? At the end of the week, share your observations with your class. Did you notice any patterns?
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Hello kids! Do you know who I am? Yes, you do! I’m where you live—I’m your planet, Earth. Let me tell you more about myself, or we can say about your planet Earth on which you live.
Well, to start with, let me tell you that I’m not alone. I have brothers and sisters. I’m actually the third planet from the Sun, and I have been around for quite some time now. Researchers have looked closely into the hard rocks on my surface and calculated that I have been around for more than 4.5 billion years. Can you believe that? Hard to believe, but that’s true—4.5 billion years old!
What do I look like? A ball? Well, I’m spherical in shape. I may look like a ball, but I’m so huge that you would have to travel 25,000 miles to go from one pole to another.
Have you ever wondered what causes day and night? That’s me! My movements cause day and night. Let me explain. To your surprise, we are constantly moving. It’s like when you sit on a train—the train moves, but you don’t. Similarly, I move, but you don’t feel my movement. That’s because I’m huge in size!
So, I move like a spinning top. This movement is called rotation. Because my size is so big, it takes me a whole day to complete one rotation. Can you imagine? You can do a whole lot in a day—study, play, eat, meet friends—but I can complete only one rotation in a day. That’s all I do in a day!
When I rotate, one half faces the Sun and the other half faces away from the Sun. The half that faces the Sun has day, and the other half has night. As I keep rotating, days convert to nights and nights convert to days.
So that’s all for today! Let’s meet again to know more about me. We will learn about my dearest Moon, seasons, atmosphere, clouds, rain, and more. Stay tuned! Ta-da!
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