How tall is the flagpole?
Devise a way to estimate the height of a flagpole, using its shadow.
Now go out and do it!
There is a worksheet "Shadows #1" in the manual. Here are some hints on how to set up the activity.
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In addition to recording your official estimation of the height of the flagpole, you should write a note to yourselves about the experimental problems you may have encountered.

What property of flagpoles, light, shadows, ... , were involved in this investigation?


Compare the shadows in the picture to the objects causing them. You can see that there is a relationship, but why?
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