Why does your shadow move throughout the day? Watch this PEEP video [1:27] to understand how the sun's movement causes our shadow to change direction, shape, and size. Also included are teaching tips and how to conduct your own chalk...

William is a Scottish boy who is learning about the sun and how it casts shadows. Try to help him find out.

Plenty of cool activities about the Earth's rotation can be found here, such as tracing shadows, observing shadows during different times of the day, and tracking the sun's path in the sky to understand the rotation of the earth.

After a discussion about what young scholars think the Sun does, the class takes a walk outside to observe what it actually does do. They may notice things like shadows and reflections. Back in class, their ideas are shared and recorded.

This series of programs includes hand-tinted archival films, contemporary offerings by local artists, and films created by artists drawing and painting on the film surface itself. Featuring animated, documentary, and homemade works.

Discover more about the sun when you visit this educational resource. The content of this site includes solar fun facts, experiments, and activities.

Ancient Chacoans used shadows to tell daily time and seasons. Build a model that demonstrates the changes in Earth's tilt that affect the length of shadows relative to the sun that determines the seasons. The lesson plan uses everyday...

A collection of ten hands-on science experiments for the entire family that will help you understand concepts in astronomy. Make an astrolabe, find the size of the sun and moon, build a lunar settlement, find out about meteoroids, shadow...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children learn about the shapes and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon. Using models they learn how the three bodies move relative to each other and how these movements relate to...

Students will enjoy these activities where they draw shadows, and observe the sun's placement and how its position impacts on the size of a shadow.

Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...

A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.

Learn how to use the sun to tell time. This simple activity reinforces the concepts of light and shadow, night and day, time, and geographical north vs. magnetic north.

Everyone and everything has a shadow. Shadows illustrate how three-dimensional objects can be viewed in two dimensions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will learn the relationship between the Earth and the Sun.

Students observe and measure the shadows of fixed objects throughout the school year to learn about how the seasonal change affects the sun's position in the sky.

In this activity students will investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time". They will track the position of the sun over the course of a relatively short period of time as they...

Students are taught how to make a sundial. The relationship between angles and the sides of a right triangle are explored. Great lesson plan ideas with plenty of background information. The lesson is adapted for grade levels k-6 with...

A guided inquiry where students participate in the simulation of moon phases and eclipses.

Links to 42 poems by the English metaphysical John Donne (1572-1631).

Watch PEEP and Quack [8:49] have fun with shadows in the middle of the night using flashlights. They learn that shadows can grow and change shape by rotating the object. An additional hands-on activity is provided for learners along with...

The focus of this series of lessons is to engage students in an exploration of the world around them. The emphasis is on inquiry as students learn about the earth, sun, light, shapes and more.

In this activity, use seasons to determine your location. Click on the different dates to view the earth's shadow at different times of the year from the sun's position.

Take a tour of the Chaco Canyon archaeological site. The map takes you to the many dwellings and important astronomical sites. Virtual tours are available if you have Quick Time.