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Light and Shadows

Students observed with flashlights how light interacts with a variety of materials to learn about transparent, translucent, opaque, and reflective materials.

Light and Shadows

After observing, they wrote in their science journals what they observed.

Light and Shadows

Students created a cave out of boxes and "rescued" an animal using a flashlight and a mirror to learn about reflective properties of mirrors.

Light and Shadows

After creating caves, we drew a diagram to show what we learned from the rescue mission.

Light and Shadows

We traced our shadows early in the morning and observed where the sun was in the sky.

Light and Shadows

We checked later in t he afternoon and learned our shadows moved!