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Grab a flashlight and flex your fingers to master the art of hand shadows! After creating amusing shapes, crazy creatures, dazzling designs, and playful puppets, you’ll be ready to launch into the science behind shadows. What creates a shadow? Why do they get larger and smaller during the day? Where do they go at night? Step into your outdoor laboratory and follow simple directions for an experiment that will explain the answers! Shadows are something we take for granted, ignore, or don’t think much about. This issue will stimulate brains and bring shadows out of the shadows!
In this issue students will:
- read informational text about creating hand shadows
- find similarities and differences in illustrations
- match hand patterns to shadows
- follow directions for a simple science experiment
- understand how time of day and location of the sun affect shadows
- use the newspaper to create comic strip character shadows
- write creatively about your shadow’ nighttime adventures
- look in the news for people making a positive contribution to your community
7 page PDF
