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Science Lab project
Make a shadow clock
Use a stick and chalk to tell the time from shadows.
60 min totalScienceMaths
Steps
- 1Stand a stick upright outside on a sunny day
- 2Mark the end of the shadow every hour
- 3Write the time next to each mark
- 4Say what happens to the shadow at midday and why
Skills and objectives demonstrated
- Explain how shadows change
- Read and record time to the hour