Day and Night - Student Misconceptions
Publication Date:
April, 2014
Type of Resource:
Teacher background info
This online resource looks at misconceptions about day and night.
The resource helps teachers understand the possible misconceptions younger students hold about day and night and how they contrast to scientific views. It outlines critical teaching ideas with references to research and literature to support, and provides ideas for ways to teach how the relationship of the Sun and the Earth creates day and night.
New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S2U01 (Year 2)
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 3 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day > ACSSU048
