Activities
Shadow Puppet Monsters
Educational objectives
- To understand that light cannot pass through some materials and that this leads to the formation of shadows.
- To discuss the concept of shadows being formed from blocked light.
- To understand that when shadows are formed outside the sun is the light source.
- To create a shadow puppet monster biography.
- To build a shadow puppet.
- To recognise that shadows can change size when moved but not their basic structural shape i.e. a circular object can never make a rectangular shadow.
- To understand that a shadow is an outline of an object so colouring the object (the card in this example) will not change the shadow colour or shape.
Skills required and UK Key Stage
- UK Key stage 2
- Crafts
- Reading
Equipment suggestions
- BIC® Kids Learners Graphite Pencil
- BIC® Kids Ecolutions™ Evolution™ colouring pencils
- Scissors
- A5 card and lollipop stick
- Sticky tape
- Lightbox/lamp
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