Shadow Vocab
Shadow Concepts
Day/Night Vocab
Day/Night Concepts
Labs
100

Dark areas that result when light is blocked.

shadow

100

Shadows change during the day because of this.

Orientation of the sun changes.

100

The Earth’s spinning on its axis.

rotation

100

This causes day and night.

rotation of the Earth

100

What two materials did we use outside to show how our shadows change during the day?

chalk and meter stick

200

The direction or position of an object.

orientation

200

Shadow changes during the day from _______ to _______ and then back to _________.

long, short, long

200

The point between night and day.  The time at which day first happens.

sunrise

200

In class when we faced the sun, we experienced …

day

200

What represented the sun in our classroom?

light bulb

300

Giant ball of gas burning in the center of the solar system.

Sun

300

When the sun is in the east the shadow is here.

west

300

The point between day and night.  The time at which night first happens.

sunset

300

In class when we faced away from the sun, we experienced …..

night

300

What part of our body represented the Earth?

our head

400

Can't see through it.

opaque

400

When the sun is in the west, the shadow is here.

east

400

The imaginary line that passes through the North 

pole and the South Pole that the Earth rotates on.

axis

400

The Earth rotates in this direction.

left to right

400

What represented the axis on our little globes?

stick

500

24 hour period of time

a day

500

It is this time when the sun is directly overhead.

noon

500

When the half of the Earth is in its own shadow, this occurs.

night

500

Do we or does California experience sunrise first?

We do.

500

Who is the smartest scientist in the world?

Mr. Markowski