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Shadows, Days and Stars is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on representing data to reveal daily and seasonal patterns in the sky, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-ESS1-2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Shadows, Days and Stars

5-ESS1-2

NameDate

Look at the data, then answer.

1.
WinterSpringSummerFall01020304050607080
Nights a named constellation was visible, by season. Which season had the fewest?
2.
June 21March 21September 21December 2101234
Sunrise time in hours after 4 a.m., four dates. Which date had the latest sunrise?
3.
December 21March 21June 21September 21048121620242832
Noon shadow of a one-meter stick, four dates. Which date had the longest shadow?
4.
DecemberMarchJuneSeptember0102030405060
Height of the sun at noon in degrees, four months. Which month was the sun highest?

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Answer key — Shadows, Days and Stars

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Summer, with only 3 nights.
  2. 2.December 21, 4 hours after 4 a.m.
  3. 3.December 21, at 3.2 m — 32 tenths of a meter.
  4. 4.June, at 62 degrees.

More practice for 5-ESS1-2

Graph data on shadows, day and night, and the stars across a year.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-ESS1-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.