What you need:

  • a sunny day
  • sidewalk chalk
  • a safe paved street, sidewalk, driveway or parking lot

How to:

  1. Working in pairs, have one person stand with their back to the sun so that they cast a shadow while the other person draws with the sidewalk chalk around the shadow, tracing the outline. Mark the time on the shadow.
  2. Return to the same place after an hour and repeat the activity. What’s changed? Why?

Extend this:

If you have access to large sheets of paper, create shapes in shadows and trace them onto the paper. Use paint, crayon or marker to fill in the patterns.