Groundhog Day

Since Groundhog Day was on a Sunday, and our class is Monday through Thursday...our Groundhog Day festivities were spread out over a few days. This just helped add to the fun!

On Thursday, Jan. 30, we made our predictions. We talked about what predictions are (an educated or good guess) and we learned some groundhog facts (did you know groundhogs whistle when frightened?!).

Will the Groundhog See His Shadow?

We made graphed our choices (yes, sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter or no, no shadow and early spring). Each student got to make a hat too!

Our class then ventured outside for an experiment with our shadows. We discussed what shadows were and how they are made. We used sidewalk chalk to trace our shadows on the sidewalks as well as the street light's shadow. We made predictions of what might happen to our shadows over the next few hours.

After lunch, about 2 hours later, we went back outside to see what happened.

Drumroll.........our shadows moved!!! Why we asked. The sun moved which made our shadows move! They were amazed and had a lot of fun! Anytime you can take the learning outside it just makes it even more fun!