Light & Shadows

Light and Shadows (4.9) Lessons and Projects

Emit or Reflect 4.9.3

Students will categorize objects based on properties of emit or reflect and add images.


Change in the Length of Shadows
1. Trajectory of the Sun - animation

Blank Template for option 2

Changement du longueur des ombres

Seasonal Changes: Science 4.9.5

Students will create a stop motion animation with construction paper that demonstrates how the length of shadows differ at different times of the day.


Shadow Puppets: 4.9.6

Recognize that opaque materials cast shadows, and predict changes in the size and location of shadows resulting from the movement of a light source.

Shadow Puppets

Shadow Puppets

Transparent sorting and creation: 4.9.7, 4.9.8

Distinguish transparent materials from opaque material and edit image transparency.


Bending light: 4.9.9, 4.9.10

Recognize that light can be reflected and bent.

Concave & Convex: Spoony Science
Light & Spectrum

Prisms and Light Spectrum: 4.9.11

Recognize that light can be broken into colours and that different colours of light can be combined to form a new colour.


Formative Assessments

Play this light and shadows Jeopardy game created with Flippity.

Light and Shadows Templates

Links

  1. PowerKnowledge: All about light PowerKnowledge has 11 sections on light. Videos, web links, games, listen feature, and a list of science experiments are included.
  2. Why Leaves Change Color