Day Sky, Night Sky is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on the predictable pattern of what can be seen in the sky by day and by night, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 1-ESS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 4 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Day Sky, Night Sky
1-ESS1-1
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Sort each one into the right group.
1.Sort each one: Seen in the day sky or Seen in the night sky or Can be seen in both?
Sort: Lightning in a storm, A pattern of stars like a saucepan, A bright blue sky
Seen in the day skySeen in the night skyCan be seen in both
2.Sort each one: Seen in the day sky or Seen in the night sky or Can be seen in both?
Sort: Clouds, The stars, The sun low in the east, rising
Seen in the day skySeen in the night skyCan be seen in both
3.Sort each one: Seen in the day sky or Seen in the night sky or Can be seen in both?
Sort: A shooting star, An airplane, A rainbow after a shower
Seen in the day skySeen in the night skyCan be seen in both
LessonPrint · 1-ESS1-1 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Day Sky, Night Sky
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A bright blue sky — Seen in the day sky 2. A pattern of stars like a saucepan — Seen in the night sky 3. Lightning in a storm — Can be seen in both
2.1. Clouds — Can be seen in both 2. The stars — Seen in the night sky 3. The sun low in the east, rising — Seen in the day sky
3.1. A rainbow after a shower — Seen in the day sky 2. A shooting star — Seen in the night sky 3. An airplane — Can be seen in both
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1-ESS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.