Recognise How Daylight Changes Throughout the Year

Hi, I'm Simon the Scientist - are you ready to get scientific?

 

 

Science-terrific!

 

In this activity, we are going to be using what we know about the Earth and the Sun to answer questions about how the daylight changes.

Let's recap:

 

The Earth is tilted and orbits the Sun, so some parts get more sunlight than others, at different times of year.

 

During the summer, the part of Earth where you live is facing the Sun more directly, so the sunlight is stronger, warmer and there are more hours of daylight.

 

During the winter, the part of Earth where you live is tilted away from the Sun, so the sunlight is weaker, meaning the weather is cooler and there is less daylight each day.

 

 

Bonus fact! Remember Daylight Saving Time (DST) is something humans do to get the most out of the long sunny days!

In spring, we move the clocks ahead one hour, so that through the summer we get long, light evenings.

 

In winter, we move the clocks back one hour, to 'gain' an extra hour for a little extra sleep, to help us with the change to shorter days.

 

Look at this table below and see if you can answer the following question!

 

Month	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov
Daylight Hours	8	8	10	12	14	15	16	16	14	13	11	9

 

Which month had 12 hours of daylight?

 

Did you spot it?

March! We can see that under March, 12 hours of daylight were recorded.

 

 

Great job, are you ready for some challenges? 

Let's go!