Shadows

5th Grade Science
Earth and Space
Topic 4/Lesson 5

November 11, 2024

Multiple Choice

Look at the image and answer the question.

Which conclusion is best supported by what the students observed?

• Two of the four cubes are soluble in water

• All four cubes have different masses

• Each cube is made of different type of solid material

• One cube is more dense than the other three

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Topic 4: Earth and Space

LO: SWBAT demonstrate the Sun moving across the sky,
resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.

DOL: Given problems, SW correctly explain the Sun
moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow
positions and shapes in at least 4 of 5 questions.

SCI 5.9A Demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day-night cycle and the
appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.
SEPs:
RTCs:

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Essential Understandings &

Guiding Questions

How does the Sun moving across the sky result in shadows changing position and shapes?

​Sentence Stem: I think the sun moving across the sky effects shadows by....
Shadows change because....
The sun effects shadows by changing....

​Word Bank
Length
Direction
Shape
Rotation
Earth

​Grab a response card and write your thoughts!!!!!

Open Ended

What did you notice about the shadow in the video? Did the direction change?

Sentence Stem: I noticed.....

Yes the direction changed because....

WORD BANK: Rotating, Sun, Earth, East, West

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Shadows

How can we predict changes in shadows?

​Trace an object's shadow in the morning and predict where your object's shadow will be in the midday and afternoon. Label each drawing.

Match

Use your science notebook to match the following vocabulary words.

Underline key words that help you remember.

• Formed when light shines at an object which blocks the light

• Orbits or travels around the sun

• Makes a complete spin on an axis

• Gives Earth heat and light

Shadows

Earth

Rotation

Sun

• Shadows

• Earth

• Rotation

• Sun

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The sun appears to move from east to west
across the sky throughout the day.

Multiple Choice

How does the Sun appear to move?

Sentence Stem: The sun appears to move from...

• The sun appears to move from north to south.
• The sun appears to move from east to west.
• The sun appears to move from west to east.
• The sun appears to move in a circular motion.

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The rotation of Earth on its axis
causes the Sun’s position in the sky
to change during the day.

Open Ended

Why does the Sun appear to move?

Sentence stem: The sun appears to move because....

WORD BANK: Earth, Sun, Rotation, Axis

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When the Sun is low
in the sky, a shadow
is long. When the
Sun is high, a
shadow is much
shorter.

A shadow is a dark
area formed when
light is blocked by an
object. A shadow
moves in the
opposite direction
from the Sun.

Multiple Choice

How does the shape of a shadow change?

Sentence Stem: The shape of a shadow changes by....

• The Earth's rotation around the sun

• The sun moving across the sky

• The shape does not change

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Shadows

At what time of day would a person’s shadow be the shortest?

early morning

middle of day

late afternoon

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Shadows

The diagram shows the shadow of a tree in a field at noon on
a summer day.

The sun rises at 7:00 a.m. Where would the shadow of the
tree be at 10:00 a.m. on the same day?

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DOL: Given problems,
SW correctly explain
the Sun moving
across the sky,
resulting in changes
in shadow positions
and shapes in at
least 4 of 5 questions.

Demonstration of Learning

Learner Slides

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Learner Slides

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Shadows

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Shadows

East - Sunrise

West- Sunset

Mid day - Noon

2:00 p.m.