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Grade 1 Science · World 5: Light Lab · Level 33
What Makes a Shadow?
A shadow forms when an object blocks light.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 33
- Shine a flashlight at a wall. Put a teddy bear in the way. The bear blocks the light, so a dark shape shows on the wall. That's a shadow!
- The shadow is behind the bear, on the side away from the light. The light can't get through the bear.
- Turn off the flashlight, and the shadow is gone. No light, no shadow!
- A shadow has the same outline as the thing blocking the light. A star makes a star-shaped shadow!
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S1P1.c — Plan and carry out an investigation of shadows by placing objects at various points from a source of light.