Science
We have started our unit of learning on Light.
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We thought about what light is and where it comes from.
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We had lots of fun trying to work our what was inside the light boxes. We could only look through a small hole and shine a torch through another. Where would be the best places to put the holes?
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After we talked about how shadows are made, we looked a 7 different materials and thought about which would make the best and worst shadows. Then, we used the sun as a light source to compare the shadows they made.
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Are shadows always the same?
We made shadow puppets and explored what happened when we moved them closer to and further away from a light source. Did the size of the shadows change?
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We tried to draw careful scientific diagrams to explain what was happening. We had to remember that light travels in straight lines.