Shadows
Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in shadow length and direction, day and night cycles, and seasonal star patterns
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“Can your child measure their shadow at different times of day, plot it on a chart, and explain why it's longest in the morning and evening but shortest at midday?”
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- Activity. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in shadow length and direction, day and night cycles, and seasonal star patterns
What to notice. Measure and record shadow length and direction at different times of day • Create a graph showing how shadow length changes throughout the day • Connect shadow patterns to the sun's apparent position and Earth's rotation
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Can your child measure their shadow at different times of day, plot it on a chart, and explain why it's longest in the morning and evening but shortest at midday?
Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in shadow length and direction, day and night cycles, and seasonal star patterns
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- Measure and record shadow length and direction at different times of day
- Create a graph showing how shadow length changes throughout the day
- Connect shadow patterns to the sun's apparent position and Earth's rotation
“Can your child measure their shadow at different times of day, plot it on a chart, and explain why it's longest in the morning and evening but shortest at midday?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Space Systems & Earth's History
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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