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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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.
JuneSeptemberDecemberMarch
Hours of darkness by month. Which month had the most darkness?
3.
JuneAugustOctoberDecember
Hours of daylight across the year. Which month had the least?
4.
SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Morning darkness at eight o'clock, days per month. How many in November?
LessonPrint · 1-ESS1-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Long Days and Short Days
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.June, at 6 hours past three.
2.December, with about 16 hours.
3.December, with about 8 hours.
4.20 days.
Questions about Long Days and Short Days
What does the Long Days and Short Days worksheet cover?
It practises relating the amount of daylight to the time of year — 4 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core 1-ESS1-2: Compare how much daylight there is at different times of year. The instruction to pupils is “Look at the chart, then answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Long Days and Short Days practise?
1-ESS1-2 — 1-ESS1-2, in the Earth and Space Science domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Long Days and Short Days is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on 1-ESS1-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Long Days and Short Days come with an answer key?
Yes. All 4 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Long Days and Short Days can I print?
25 versions, of which 23 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Long Days and Short Days free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Long Days and Short Days, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach 1-ESS1-2?
Yes — “Long Days and Short Days” is a 50-minute Grade 1 plan for 1-ESS1-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Long Days and Short Days is the practice that follows it.
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.