Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sun Trajectory


For this lab, we used an 8 inch stick and measured the length of its shadow at four different times throughout the day. 
Time: 9:15a.m.
Shadow: 273 degrees West
Shadow measured: 18 inches
Tip of shadow to tip of ground: 23.96 degrees

Time: 1:30p.m.
Shadow: 350 degrees North
Shadowed measured: 5 inches
Tip of shadow to tip of ground: 57.99 degrees

Time: 3:34p.m.
Shadow: 57 degrees North
Shadowed measured: 9 inches
Tip of shadow to tip of ground: 42.27 degrees

Time: 6:33p.m.
Shadow: 70 degrees East
Shadow measured: 30.5 inches
Tip of shadow to tip of ground: 14.7 degrees


--- worked with Nikki---

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