Winter Solstice Shadows

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Every equinox and solstice sixth-grade students line up to have their pictures taken.  We do this so that the students can compare the length of the shadows as the earth's tilt changes with the seasons.  In the winter the days are short and the shadows are long.  This is because the sun is low in the sky.  At the equinoxes in September and March the shadows are the same length!!  And if we were in school during the summer, we'd take a picture and see that the shadows are very small because the sun is high in the sky.