Solar Trajectory Lab

For this lab, a water battle's shadow was measured and recorded at different times on February 9, 2014. The results are below:


Time         height of bottle      shadow length                 angle                   direction 
9:50 am           9 in                    16 in             9/16=30 degrees           118 SE

12:05 pm        9 in                     9.1 in           9/9.1=43 degrees          168 S

2:00 pm           9 in                   9.5 in            9/9.5=44 degrees          198 S

3:50 pm         9 in                    20 in             9/20=24 degrees            227 SW

4:45 pm         9 in                    16 in             9/16=16 degrees            261 W