Lesson 10 of 20 · Day and Night
Lesson⭐ 30 XPLong and Short Shadows
Day and Night.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
A shadow is longest in the morning and evening and shortest at noon.
Key Words
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Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Look at the sky in the morning and again in the afternoon. Did it change?
Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?
Color a picture to show what happened.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3When do we see stars?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
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Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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Long and Short Shadows
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
Full screen — no distractions
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