Investigating Shadows – Year 5 Activity
Our challenge : how do shadows change shape through the day ?
What we think : the shape and size of shadow will change as the sun appears to move across
the sky.
What we did :
We put stick in a bottle in the playground.
We measured the length of its shadow every hour.
Results :
Time of day
9.00am
10.00am
11.00am
12.00noon
1.00pm
2.00pm
3.00pm
Complete the bar graph to show your results :
Length of shadow (cm)
35
26
19
11
21
30
42
1. What did class 5 find out?
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2. How and why did the shadow shape change?
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3. At what time the shadow was the longest?
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4. Did the shadow get longer or shorter through the morning to 12noon?
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5. Did the shadow get longer or shorter through the afternoon ?
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6. How long was the shadow at noon ?
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