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The Firehouse Open House Sky Journal

Analyze a student’s firehouse open house journal to graph shadow, daylight, and star-pattern data.

Grade 5ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5-ESS1-2

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 15 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Science
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students graph and interpret how a shadow changes during one day.
  • Students compare daylight and nighttime hours across seasons using data.
  • Students graph and explain how visible star patterns change across seasons.

How to use

Read the field journal together, then have students use the tables and graph to answer the evidence questions. Ask students to cite data in their final explanation.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

5-ESS1-2

Graph data to show daily patterns in shadows and day and night, and seasonal patterns in the stars we see.

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The Firehouse Open House Sky Journal

Use field-journal data to find daily and seasonal sky patterns.

1. Shadows during the open house

Read Tessa’s field journal and measurement table. Make the graph before answering the questions.

Tessa’s Field Journal

On April 18, Tessa helped at a fire station open house. The station had a 120-centimeter flagpole in the open yard. Tessa placed a small marker at the end of the pole’s shadow each time she measured it. She used the same pole and measured from the base of the pole to the marker. The sky stayed clear during the measurements.

Tessa wrote down the shadow length five times. She did not move the pole or the measuring tool. Her measurements were taken at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., noon, 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.

Shadow record for April 18
Time | 8:00 a.m. | 10:00 a.m. | noon | 2:00 p.m. | 4:00 p.m.
Shadow length (cm) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 24 | 51

1.
Make a bar graph of the five shadow measurements. Put the times in order along the horizontal axis. Label the vertical axis “Shadow length (cm)” and use equal intervals from 0 to 60. Add a title.
2.
Which statement best describes the pattern in the shadow data?
  • A. The shadow grew longer from morning through noon.
  • B. The shadow became shorter toward noon, then grew longer.
  • C. The shadow stayed close to the same length all day.
  • D. The shadow became longer toward noon, then became shorter.

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