Observing Earths Shadow Patterns

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

1. How are shadows made outside in the daytime? Provide some evidence to support your answer.
2. Can shadows be made inside the classroom? If so, how?
3. Do outside shadows change during the day? If so, how? Refer to the pole or stick the class observed outside if needed.
4. Think about the time between observations of the pole’s shadow. What happened?
5. What does this (the answer to #4) tell you about the sun’s position in the sky?
6. Insert one or two photos (from mine above) into your blog post to help you explain how the sun's position appears to follow an arc throughout the day.

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Answers
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1. They are made in the daytime by our bodies and the sun hitting them in the right angle! When the sun is low you get a really long shadow because of how its hitting you and its really short when its the middle of the day its really short because the sun is above you. 
2. Shadows can be made in the classroom by somebody who shines a light on an object, which is alike to the sun shining on something. 
3. Shadows do change during the day. When the sun "moves" across the sky its moving and if its casting the shadow while moving then the shadow itself is moving!
4. The shadow got shorter and longer throughout the day!
5. It tells me the earth moves or that the sun moves!