In this lesson plan, young scholars experience how light interacts with the environment by investigating relationships between shadows and light. Students will experiment with light by observing how light travels through materials and...

This activity focuses on using a box and a ball to experiment with light, shadows, and color. The goals are: Practice looking at light and shadow; Analyze how lighting influences the shape (soft/hard), color (hue) and value...

This is a quiz covering reflected, refracted, shadow, and camera rays.

Manipulate dual shadows and learn why different types of shadows are cast.

You can use shadows and a meter stick to measure very tall objects from the ground--and before you try this experiment yourself, see how it works with a Java applet that measures the height of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Is that right side of your brain yearning to express its artistic side? This is a project that blends art with science. Learn about light and colorful shadows in these experiments where you mix and match various colors of light to create...

Watch PEEP and Quack [8:49] have fun with shadows in the middle of the night using flashlights. They learn that shadows can grow and change shape by rotating the object. An additional hands-on activity is provided for students along with...

This science experiment helps students understand how the size of a shadow depends on the size of the object casting the shadow as well as the position of the light source and screen.

Site explores colors and how they are formed. Provides three different activities to explore color.

Students investigate shadows and discover that the sun is a source of light.

Students will enjoy these activities where they draw shadows, and observe the sun's placement and how its position impacts on the size of a shadow.

This page and the three pages which follow discuss how X-ray technology can be used to produce an image of the human body. Discussion is understandable and highly intriguing. Several interactive animations allow the visitor to explore...

Isabella and Amalie are in Copenhagen, and they saw a periscope in the water. Join them, and find out what this is all about. This module discusses how to use a periscope, what light sources are, and how light impacts shadows.

This resource provides information about light and shadows. In addition, there is a short quiz that can be taken.

In this activity students can make a pair of coloured glasses, which allows them to see coloured shadows in 3D. Students will learn what shadows are and how they are produced.

In this video, students take a quick trip through the history of drive-in theaters and are then asked to consider the question, "What is the relationship between the size of an object's shadow and the object's distance from a light...

Learn about additive mixtures in this activity. Understand how your rods and cones work together to see color.

A video and a short quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary for understanding light energy.

Come along with artist Bob Miller as he takes a "Light Walk." His unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images.

In this module, students learn about the different sources of light, what causes darkness, and about shadows.

William is a Scottish boy who is learning about the sun and how it casts shadows. Try to help him find out.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores how light interacts with objects in order to create shadows.

Compare and contrast drawings by Rembrandt with those of his students to learn about his characteristic visual traits, especially his approach to line and his use of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions.

This series of programs includes hand-tinted archival films, contemporary offerings by local artists, and films created by artists drawing and painting on the film surface itself. Featuring animated, documentary, and homemade works.