Teacher guide · Curious Lab · Easier · about 30 min

🌙 Day and Night

Pupils practise curiosity through "Day and Night": Why the sky changes.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 🌙 mission title and read the opening: "Why do we have night?". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Sniff the Beagle's line as your prompt: "Great question! Ready to dig one layer deeper? Pick your next mission below."
3. Do · 10 min
Pairs work through the 3 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used curiosity today.

What was the hardest choice in "Day and Night", and why?
Why do we have night — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Draw in words what you see in the night sky — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Where could you use curiosity outside school this week?
If you did this again, what would you change?

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

National Curriculum: Science: working scientifically plus the year-group topic
National Curriculum: Science: working scientifically — asking questions and observing
National Curriculum: Geography/History: enquiry and using sources
PSHE: Living in the wider world: media literacy and checking information

Pupil sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

1. Why do we have night?
☐ Clouds cover it
☐ Earth spins away from the Sun
☐ The Sun switches off
2. Day or night?
Moon and stars → ________________
Bright Sun → ________________
Owls hunting → ________________
3. Draw in words what you see in the night sky.