Days and Years

This reading-based science worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 understand how Earth’s rotation and revolution create predictable daily and yearly patterns. Learners read an engaging informational passage explaining day and night, seasons, axial tilt, and Earth’s orbit around the Sun, then answer comprehension questions that build vocabulary, cause-and-effect reasoning, and conceptual understanding of planetary motion.

Learning Goals

• Earth’s Motions (Grades 3-5) – Understand how rotation causes day and night and how revolution leads to yearly cycles
• Seasons & Sunlight – Explain how Earth’s tilt and orbit affect daylight length and seasonal change
• Science Vocabulary Development – Use and understand terms such as rotation, revolution, axis, and orbit
• Cause-and-Effect Reasoning – Connect Earth’s movements to observable patterns on Earth

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with elementary Earth and space science standards
• Informational Reading Focus – Strengthens comprehension of science texts while building content knowledge
• Clear, Student-Friendly Explanations – Breaks down complex astronomical ideas into accessible language
• Flexible Classroom Use – Ideal for science lessons, literacy integration, review, or independent practice
• Low-Prep Printable – Easy to use in classrooms or homeschool settings

This days and years worksheet helps students make meaningful connections between Earth’s movements and everyday experiences like daylight changes and seasons. By combining reading comprehension, scientific vocabulary, and cause-and-effect thinking, it builds a strong foundation in Earth science concepts. Whether used in a classroom unit or a homeschool lesson, this activity supports clear understanding of how Earth’s rotation and revolution shape life on our planet.

This worksheet is part of our Earth’s Rotation and Revolution collection.