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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Technicolor Shadows: Lessons in Light and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shadow Shape Game

For Students K - 1st
Play with PEEP to explore how shadows change when the position of light changes. Detailed teaching tips are included as well as additional shadow activities for the students.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Night Light Video

For Students K - 1st
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...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/light

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a large collection of simple science class activities for understanding the physics of light.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Shadows: The Shadow Knows

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: Light and Shadow [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, students 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 distances.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: How Does Light Help Us See Things?

For Students 4th - 6th
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Light Rays

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a quiz covering reflected, refracted, shadow, and camera rays.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Light and Shadows Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about light and shadows. In addition, there is a short quiz that can be taken.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Colored Shadows

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Manipulate dual shadows and learn why different types of shadows are cast.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Measuring With Shadows

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: 3 D Shadows

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Light

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary for understanding light energy.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Identifying the Sun as a Source of Light by Observing Shadows

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate shadows and discover that the sun is a source of light.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: What Are Light and Darkness?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this module, students learn about the different sources of light, what causes darkness, and about shadows.
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Other

Center for Science Education: Eye on the Sky: What Makes Shadows?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Scotland: Why Do Shadows Change During the Day?

For Students 1st - 3rd
William is a Scottish boy who is learning about the sun and how it casts shadows. Try to help him find out.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: Me and My Shadow

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores how light interacts with objects in order to create shadows.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Cat Scans: Projecting Shadows

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 1: Seeing Light and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 4: Lighting a Character

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, return to your live action set but now swap out the orange for a toy character. Now try lighting your character in at least two different ways: Can you get them to cast a long shadow or look mysterious? Can you light...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Bob Miller's Light Walk

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is a Shadow?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn how shadows are formed and other interesting facts.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lights and Shadows of African History

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Lights and Shadows of African History by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, a nonfiction book for children.

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