Our Year 5 Griffins had an exciting geography lesson, where we explored how the Sun moves across the sky throughout the day!
The children worked in teams and used a simple tool – a pencil – to measure the length of the shadow it cast at different times between 9:15am and 2:15pm. Every hour, we observed how the shadow changed in length, and the children did an excellent job using their observational and teamwork skills to record their findings.
Throughout the lesson, pupils learned that the Sunās position in the sky changes as the Earth rotates. They discovered that the shadows were longest in the morning (at 9:15am) and in the afternoon (at 2:15pm), when the Sun is at its lowest point in the sky. This is because, at these times, the Sun is either rising in the East or setting in the West, casting longer shadows. At midday, the children observed that the shadow was shortest because the Sun was at its highest point in the sky, directly overhead, which created the smallest shadow.
It was a fantastic day of learning, and our great geographers really enjoyed seeing both physical geography and science in action as they worked together to understand the movement of the Sun. We look forward to more fun and learning in our next geography lesson!
