ACTIVITY
Chalk Shadows: Take students outside on a sunny day. Each student
can be assigned a partner
that will trace their shadow on the sidewalk in chalk. Do the activity in the
morning, at noon, and later in the day. Students can trace their shadows and
stand in the same place each time!
Compare the shadows and discover that they are different lengths, and go in
different directions at different times of the day. This exercise can be
repeated throughout the week. When their shadows are straight up, it is
lunchtime - or when their shadows appear to be following them it is almost
time to go home! Do they think there a shadow at bedtime?