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.

shadow stick
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  

shad_ss

 

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.