Summary
A short PBS LearningMedia collection of Hero Elementary clips and an investigation about shadows. Children explore what happens when an object blocks a beam of light and how a shadow's size and shape can change.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
These clips help us figure out how shadows are made.
- What do you need to make a shadow?
- How can you make a shadow bigger or smaller?
- Where do you see shadows during your day?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: shadow, light, block, bigger, smaller.
Try it:
- Use a light and an object to make a shadow and describe it.
- Find a way to change the shadow's size and tell how you did it.