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Lesson 10 of 20 · Day and Night

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Long and Short Shadows

Long and Short Shadows
🧪Lab Brief #10

Day and Night.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

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Mind = Blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

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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

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2Do

Look at the sky in the morning and again in the afternoon. Did it change?

Step 3Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 4Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

1 of 3

When do we see stars?

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Where you see this in real life

This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.

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For the dinner table

What's the most surprising thing you learned today?

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Long and Short Shadows

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

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