Grade 1 · Science · Unit 1 of 6
Sky & Seasons
Day, night and the seasons
What your child practises
Day and night, the sun, moon and stars (the moon reflects sunlight), and the order of the seasons.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Earth and Space Science: Daily and Seasonal Changes · patterns of the Sun and Moon, and daily and seasonal change
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- 🌷spring
- ☀️summer
- ❄️winter
- 🍂fall
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Spring, summer, fall, winter… and then spring comes again!
Question 2
Which season comes after winter?
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
- 🌷spring
🌷 spring
Hint: Winter, then spring! Snow melts and plants start to grow.
Question 3
In summer, the days are…
- ☀️long, with lots of daylight
- 🌑short and dark
☀️ long, with lots of daylight
Hint: In summer the sun comes up early and goes down late, so days are long.
Question 4
What do we call a round, bright moon?
- 🌕full moon
- 🌓half moon
- 🌑new moon
🌕 full moon
Hint: When we can see the whole round moon, it's called a full moon.
Question 5
In which season do many leaves change colour and fall?
- 🌷spring
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
🍂 fall
Hint: That's why we call it fall! It's also called autumn.
Question 6
Winter or summer? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ❄️ winter · ☀️ summer
- 🏊swimming outside
- ⛄snowman
- 🧤mittens
- 👒sun hat
- 🩳shorts
- 🧣warm scarf
❄️ winter: snowman, mittens, warm scarf · ☀️ summer: swimming outside, sun hat, shorts
Hint: Think about the weather. Is it a cold winter day or a hot summer day?