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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 Common Core standard 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Shadows, Days and Stars

5-ESS1-2

NameDate

Look at the data, then answer.

1.
21 December21 March21 June21 September
Noon shadow of a one-metre stick, four dates. Which date had the shortest shadow?
2.
AugustSeptemberOctoberNovember
Shadow length at noon each month, in tenths of a metre. How long in October?
3.
21 December21 March21 June21 September
Noon shadow of a one-metre stick, four dates. Which date had the longest shadow?
4.
JuneSeptemberDecemberMarch
Hours of darkness by month. Which month had the most darkness?

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Answer key — Shadows, Days and Stars

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.21 June, at 0.5 m — 5 tenths of a metre.
  2. 2.1.9 m — 19 tenths of a metre.
  3. 3.21 December, at 3.2 m — 32 tenths of a metre.
  4. 4.December, with about 16 hours.

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.