With so many questions on our DQB about how the Sun impacts shadows, we agreed that we needed to set up some investigations in our own homes. And boy, did students come through! Mrs. Brinza even got in on the action challenging students to think about how their models could help figure out a "mystery."
We needed to remember that it's the Earth that rotates, not the Sun. So while our investigations would have been much easier changing the location of the light source, we needed to rotate the Earth and fixate the Sun.
We needed to remember that it's the Earth that rotates, not the Sun. So while our investigations would have been much easier changing the location of the light source, we needed to rotate the Earth and fixate the Sun.
From our investigations we're seeing that shadows are longest right as the location we're at turns to facing the Sun, and again as it's turning away into nighttime. They're the shortest right smack in the middle of the day!
Looks like so much of our investigating can help us answer the questions we asked weeks ago!
Next steps...figure out our stars and day/night questions!