Kindergarten · Science · week 30

Shadow tracing at noon -- it moved!

Compare a shadow traced at noon to the same shadow traced that morning and describe how it changed.

Today you return to the exact same spot from your morning trace and check the shadow again. Has it changed? This is how you find out.

As the sun appears to move across the sky during the day, shadows change too, both in length and in direction.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Return to the exact same spot around midday and retrace the shadow in a new color.
  • Compare the two chalk outlines directly, side by side.
  • Ask specifically about both length and direction, since both usually change.
  • Revisit last week's prediction together and talk about whether it matched.
Talk about it:
  • What changed about your shadow between morning and now?
  • Is it longer, shorter, or pointing a different way?
  • Why do you think the shadow changed?

Mastery looks like: They accurately compare two shadow tracings from the same day and correctly state that the shadow changed in length, direction, or both.

Common stumbles: Standing in a slightly different spot the second time, which ruins the comparison; noticing only the length change and missing the direction change.

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