Shadows

We've been exploring space (from the comfort of Earlysville).  Today we traced our shadows in the morning and again in the afternoon to see if and how there were any changes.

We noticed long, skinny shadows in the morning and much smaller shadows in the afternoon.  Students were then able to determine that as the earth rotates through the day, the sun shines on it from a different angle, changing the direction and shape of our shadows.

On our Nature Walk today, we noticed huge dark spots on the mountains.  At first, most children thought the spots were from trees.  Eventually, they realized that the spots are huge shadows caused by clouds.

Thanks to Tony and Gabriel for capturing some of our shadows in the following video.