Day and Night Experiment

Materials you will need: Yourself and a lamp.

You will be the Earth and the lamp will be the sun.

boy/sunrise

First turn the lamp on and shut any other lights off. Hold your arms out and stand so that the lamp is on your left side and you left arm is pointed toward the lamp. This is sunrise.

boy/noontime

Turn toward your left so that the lamp is in front of you. It is the middle of the day, or noontime.

boy/sunset

Turn again so your right hand is pointed toward the lamp. The light is moving away from you which is like the sun going down. This is sunset.

boy/midnight

Turn again so your back is toward the lamp. This is night. Notice that it is still light in back of you. On this side of the Earth it would now be day while the other side has night. Part of you is in the light while the other half is in the dark. When the Earth rotates, the same thing happens.