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1. Watch the Mystery science below. 2. Today you will investigate how shadows move (you will need a flashlight, a paper gnome, and a plain paper to draw the shadows onto). Cut out one paper gnome. Fold on the solid lines at his feet and the tip of his hat. Overlap the flaps at the gnome’s feet and tape him to a blank sheet of paper. Tape the blank sheet of paper down to a table or desk that will be in the Sun for the whole time Outline the gnome’s shadow with a marker and write down the time in the center of the outline. 3. If you do not have a printer just tape done a figurine you have onto a paper and outline the shadow with a marker, write down the time in the center of the outline. 4. Take a of your recordings and to