As the Earth turns, the Sun seems to move across the sky and shadows change their length.
Push a stick into the ground in the morning and measure the length of its shadow every hour.
Use this table to record the lengths of the shadows.
| Time | Shadow Length(cm) |
| 9.00 am | |
|---|---|
| 10.00 am | |
| 11.00 am | |
| 12.00 am | |
| 1.00 pm | |
| 2.00 pm | |
| 3.00 pm | |
| 4.00 pm | |
| 5.00 pm | |
| 6.00 pm |
If you have a spreadsheet program on your computer you could use it to record your results. This diagram shows how to set up your spreadsheet.
You could then use the spreadsheet to make a graph from your recordings.