Day length in summer | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these statements is true?
- The weather is hot in each season.
- The weather is cold in each season.
- The weather is different in each season. ✓
Which season has the warmest weather?
- spring
- summer ✓
- autumn
What is a heatwave?
- When the weather is hot for a few days. ✓
- When the weather is cold for a few days.
- When the weather is rainy for a few days.
What is temperature?
- How wet or dry something is.
- How light or dark something is.
- How hot or cold something is. ✓
Sam wants to find out how hot the weather is. What can she use to find out?
- a stopwatch
- a thermometer ✓
- a ruler
Sam finds out how hot the weather is using a thermometer. Which skill is she using?
- measuring ✓
- naming
- grouping

Exit quiz

True or false? The amount of light each day stays the same throughout the year.
- True
- False ✓
In the United Kingdom, day length is longest in which season?
- spring
- summer ✓
- autumn
- winter
How can we investigate the length of days?
- We can observe how warm it is.
- We can observe different coloured flowers.
- We can observe when it gets dark. ✓
What is the date of the longest day of the year in the United Kingdom?
- 21st January
- 21st March
- 21st June ✓
What can we use to investigate the length of days?
- a rain gauge
- a thermometer
- a clock ✓
- a ruler
Which of these will you observe during the summer?
- long day lengths ✓
- short day lengths
- It gets darker earlier.
- It gets darker later. ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

The amount of light we see during the day changes throughout the year.
Day length is longer in the season of summer and this means that it is darker later.
Day length can be investigated using observation skills.
A clock can be used to help record what time it becomes dark each evening.
The longest day, when we have the most amount of daylight, in the UK is June 21st.

Common misconception

We have the same amount of daylight in every season.

Explanation of how day length changes throughout the year and is longer during summer. You may link back to a previous lesson: Day length in winter (in the Year 1 unit: Seasonal changes: autumn and winter).

Keywords

Season - Seasons are periods of similar weather. In the UK there are four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter).
Summer - Summer is the season after spring and before autumn.
Light - It is light during the daytime.
Day length - Day length is how long it is light for during a day. This happens between sunrise and sunset.
Time - Time tells you how long something takes to happen.