Science in the sun!

Today, Year 5 ventured boldly onto the playground—not for a game of tig or a sneaky extra break, but in the name of science. Armed with chalk, tape measures, and an enthusiastic sense of curiosity, our young scientists set out to investigate the mysterious ways of… shadows.
Every hour, on the hour, pupils marked and measured the shadow of one of their classmates. 
The aim? To observe how shadows change position and length as the sun moves across the sky. The results were fascinating and not at all what some of the children predicted. 
The children made observations about the position of the shadows and the position of the sun alongside measurements of the shadows. They then used these to try to explain what was happening. Next Science lesson we will be looking at these ideas and determining how scientifically accurate they are.
​All in all, a sunny day of hands-on learning, with just the right amount of chalk dust and science magic.