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Shadow Clock Lab
Created by Argraide
Updated September 28th, 2026
At a glance
- Play mode
- 📱 Solo
- Format
- 🧊 3D
- Length
- ⏱ About 20 minutes
- Subject
- Science
- Grade
- 5
- Curriculum
- NGSS
- Curriculum code
- 5-ESS1-2
About this activity
Spin a 3D Earth beside the Sun, predict a flagpole's shadow at different times of day, measure and graph the shadows, then solve shadow puzzles using the daily pattern.
What students learn
- Explain day and night as the result of Earth spinning on its axis toward the east
- Predict the direction and relative length of a shadow from where the Sun is at a given time
- Measure shadow lengths, show them on a graph, and use the daily pattern to make predictions
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