Data gathering Questions
(i) How do shadows change during the day?
-Go outside on a sunny morning (the first measurement at 10 am)
-Have a partner trace your shadow with a piece of chalk and also measure your height.
- Do this again at 11 am and 12 noon.
- Be sure you are standing in the same place.
"Measuring the length of our shadow"
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Student's name |
Height (in cm) |
Length of the shadow |
10:00a.m |
11:00a.m |
12:00noon |
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(2) How have your shadows changed since morning?
(3) On what does the length of shadows depend on?
- the time of the day?
-the size of an object?

Ms. Khin Ma Gyi & Grade 9 Students
No (2) Basic Education High School,
Dagon Township, Yangon,
Union of Myanmar
khinmagyee@gmail.com |