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title: "Shadow Investigation"
url: "https://st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2024-10-04-15-46-00-shadow-investigation"
school: "St Mary's C.E. Primary School"
---

# Shadow Investigation

  ![Image of Shadow Investigation](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/images/blog/IMG_8896.jpeg)  4 October 2024   [Miss Bysouth](https://st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/blog/author/MissBysouth)   [Class 3](https://st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-3)

In science, we investigated the impact that distance of an object from a light source had on the size of its shadow. We found out that the closer an object was to a light source, the larger the shadow was.

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  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/shadows031024/IMG_8896.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/images/gallery/shadows031024/IMG_8896.jpeg)

  [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/shadows031024/IMG_8898.jpeg)](https://files.schudio.com/st-marys-ce-primary-school/images/gallery/shadows031024/IMG_8898.jpeg)

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