For this lab, we used an 8 inch stick and measured the length of its
shadow at four different times throughout the day.
Our first measurement was taken at 9:15am with the shadow at
273°W relative to the sun. The
shadow measured 18 inches long and the angle between the tip of the shadow and
the ground was approximately 23.96°.
At 1:31pm the shadow was at 350°N. The shadow measured 5
inches leaving a 57.99° angle between the end of
the shadow and the ground.
We
measured again at 3:34pm with the shadow at 57°NE. The stick cast a shadow of 8.8 inches
with the angle between the tip of the shadow and the ground being 42.27°.
Our last measurement was
taken at 6:33pm when the shadow was at 70°E. The stick’s shadow measured 30.5 inches
and the angle between the tip of the shadow and the ground was 14.7°.
