Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand that the day length changes each day and varies from season to season.
• Investigate shadows and their shapes.
• Consider the questions: Does my shadow always look like that? What was it like first thing in the morning? Is it better to play shadow tag at lunchtime or after school?

Activities

1. Understand that the day length changes each day and varies from season to season.
2. Explore shadows and how they change during the day.
3. Consider what life would be like if the sun didn't rise and create daylight.

Investigation - exploring, researching and analysing secondary sources
Play shadow tag and look at the shape of shadows.
Consider the questions: Does my shadow always look like that? What was it like first thing in the morning? Is it better to play shadow tag at lunchtime or after school?
Track a shadow by observing and measuring it over time.
Make a bar chart of paper strips of shadow length plotted against time intervals.

Vocabulary
Shadow, sun, earth, spin, day, night, light, dark