We started it
on 22nd Dec.’11 , 1p.m.; to measure the shadow of a stick.
At first we
started with measuring teacher’s and students’ shadows. Then we switched to
measure the shadow of a stick. The teacher raised the question : why a stick
and not the shadow of a human being ?
After that,
with the interval of 15 days, we continue measuring the shadow of that
particular stick and noting down it date wise. The difference in the length of
the shadow is minute during first 2-3 measurements, so the students became
impatient. They want to know- why we are doing this? The teacher replied : I
don’t know the result. This is an experiment and we can know the result only
after the completion of it.
From January
end, students started recognizing the significant difference in the length of
the shadow. Why so? They come up with the question. The teacher wanted to manipulate
the curiosity, so she didn’t answered it then.
Finally, 21st
March arrived. We measured the shadow. It was very very short from our first
measurement. Oh ! Exclaimed all. We also measured the latitude of our place. Then,
we opened our Geography chapter and read it. We have answers of our questions
there.
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