Long Days and Short Days is a free printable Grade 1 science worksheet on relating the amount of daylight to the time of year, aligned to Common Core standard 1-ESS1-2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 23 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 23 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Long Days and Short Days
1-ESS1-2
NameDate
Look at the chart, then answer.
1.
DecemberFebruaryAprilJune
Sunset time after school, in hours past three. Which month was latest?
2.
JuneAugustOctoberDecember
Hours of daylight across the year. Which month had the least?
3.
OctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary
Playtimes outside before dark, by month. Which month had the fewest?
4.
NovemberJanuaryMarchMay
Days the class walked home in daylight. Which month had the most?
LessonPrint · 1-ESS1-2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Days and Short Days
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.June, at 6 hours past three.
2.December, with about 8 hours.
3.December, with only 4.
4.May, with 21 days.
More practice for 1-ESS1-2
Compare how much daylight there is at different times of year.
Teaching this next? Long Days and Short Days is the 50-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.