Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Plan a shadow investigation.
- Observe, measure, record and identify patterns for changing shadows throughout a day.
- Present scientific evidence in the form of a working ‘shadow clock’ model.
Activities
- Carry out shadow investigations that help support the idea that the Earth moves on its axis.
- Observe, measure and identify patterns in changing shadows across a day.
- Record a working model of a ‘shadow clock’ offering observations and scientific explanation.
Investigation - observing over time
Create a shadow clock to explore day and night.
Vocabulary
Earth, Sun, star, rotate/rotation, spin, axis, night and day, shadow clocks, sundials, astronomical clocks opinion/fact, variables, accuracy, precision, support/refute