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Your students are going to love this lesson on shadow length and direction. This lesson is easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. These activities are perfect as science stations. No prep, just print and teach.
This lesson has been designed to align with the NGSS standard 5-ESS1-2 “ represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky”.
⭐ What I Know About Shadows – this activity is to see what their existing knowledge of shadows is and what they want to know.
⭐ Compare It Activity – this activity looks at two graphs showing the length of shadows during one day in the same city in February and in June. The students are asked to examine and compare both graphs and answer questions. Then they’ll infer which graph is February and which is June and explain why.
⭐ Making Shadows – in this activity the students will recreate shadows using a torch and a match. This activity is designed to get them thinking about how the position of the torch (sun) changes the length of shadows.
⭐ Graph It Activity – the students are given a table showing the length of a shadow at 2 hour intervals during the day. They will make a graph based on this information. I’ve included multiple versions of the graph to cater for all levels of ability.
⭐ Shadow Tracking Activity – in this activity the students track the shadow of a stick or ruler during the day. This is done outside. They make an outline of the shadow using chalk and write the time beside it. They can take a picture of their experiment at the end of the day.
⭐ Draw It – this is a lovely activity where students draw a line from the sun to the top of the scientists head to the ground. In this activity they’ll see how the position of the sun affects the length and position of a shadow.
⭐ Tech It – the students will use an online simulator to view the star constellations on different days/months. They will be able to identify constellations that are always visible and ones that are not always visible.
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