For extra credit do as many projects you want. The more you do the greater the extra credit.

Project 1:

Measure your shadow at noon (or at the same time) during the following three times:

1) Early in the semester (the first week)

2) Mid semester

3) Two weeks before the end of the semester

Based on the above measurements, can you relate the length of your shadow and the height of the Sun?

Project 2:

Observe a constellation (such as Orion, or the Big Dipper, or Cassiopeia) at the same time at night for several days each month of the semester. Each time, draw on a paper roughly how high from the horizon the constellation is (i.e. 10 degrees, 30 degrees, etc), and roughly what direction (i.e., East, West, North, South, SW, NW, NE, SE). After several months of observation, as the semester is finishing, can you make a statement on the constellation's position through the months?

Project 3:

Observe the shadow (and draw it on paper) of a vertical stick each day at the same time. Do several observations, for example, several days each month of the semester. Is the shadow of the stick the same length and in the same direction each day? Based on your results, can you comment on whether the Sun rises each day exactly from East, or not? If not, based on your observations, from where has the Sun been rising each day?