Learning Map

Shadows

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in shadow length and direction, day and night cycles, and seasonal star patterns

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

Can your child measure their shadow at different times of day, plot it on a chart, and explain why it's longest in the morning and evening but shortest at midday?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Earth's rotation and day/nightages 9–11Must understand Earth's rotation before graphing shadow patterns caused by it
How Shadows Formages 7–8Shadow formation knowledge supports measuring and graphing shadow changes
Shadowsthis skill · ages 10–11
Unlocks
Nothing on the map depends on this yet.

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S6U02medium confidenceYear 6 · Science understanding

describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST2-DAT-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S6I04medium confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S4I04low confidenceScience · Levels 3 and 4 · Science Inquiry strand
VC2S6U07low confidenceScience · Levels 5 and 6 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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