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5th grade · Science · Unit 10 of 11

Sun, Stars & Shadows

Why the sun looks bright, and daily and seasonal patterns.

What your child practices

Practices why the sun looks brighter than other stars, and patterns of shadows, day length and the stars we see in different seasons.

California Content Standards learning standard: 5-ESS1-1; 5-ESS1-2 · the sun's brightness and distance, and patterns of shadows, day and night, and seasonal stars

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why do we see different constellations in winter and summer?

    • Stars move to other places
    • The moon blocks them
    • Stars turn off
    • Earth moves around the sun

  2. Question 2

    Stars seem to move across the night sky because…

    • clouds move them
    • stars are falling
    • the moon pushes them
    • Earth spins

  3. Question 3

    At noon in summer, your shadow is…

    • short
    • very long
    • gone forever
    • in front of the sun

  4. Question 4

    Days in California are shortest in…

    • December
    • July
    • August
    • June

  5. Question 5

    In the morning, the sun is in the east, so your shadow points…

    • up
    • east
    • west
    • nowhere

  6. Question 6

    Orion is easy to see in winter evenings but not in summer evenings because…

    • it's in the daytime sky in summer
    • it moves to another galaxy
    • the moon covers it
    • it burns out

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