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Can you make shadow puppets like the bird made by this lady?

Energy - Shadows

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Have you got a shadow? When does it appear? When does it go away? We all have a shadow sometimes. When studying energy in science at school you will have investigated shadows. When a ray of light energy is blocked, there is a shadow. The shadow is darker, because there is less light. Let’s investigate shadows a bit more.

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1 .

Gareth is standing looking at his shadow. Which direction is the Sun?

To the right

To the left

Straight above Gareth’s head

Under Gareth’s feet

Gareth is blocking the sunlight. That’s why he has a shadow

2 .

This is a picture under a leaf. The frog is casting a shadow. Where is the frog?

Under the leaf

On top of the leaf

Inside the leaf

Nowhere near the leaf

This is a tree frog in South America

3 .

Look at this picture. These are shadows of a family in a park. There is a baby carriage, a man and a child. The shadows are:

Longer than the real things

Shorter than the real things

Brightly colored

Brighter than the grass

These shadows are very long. But your shadow can be longer or shorter than you really are

4 .

What is this shadow puppet?

A rabbit

A cow

A sheep

A fox

Can you make shadow puppets?

5 .

Look at the picture carefully. What can you see?

Two people beside a wall

The shadows of two people

One real person and one shadow

A mirror on the wall

When do you have a shadow?

6 .

What do we call lots of rays of light?

A shadow

A wedge

A door

A beam

A torch makes a beam of light

7 .

The light is being blocked by Gareth. The light cannot go through Gareth. Gareth is ______.

Transparent

Elastic

Plastic

Opaque

Gareth is casting a shadow

8 .

There is a shadow on the field. What is up in the air?

Bale of straw

Grass

Hot air balloon

Helicopter

Shadows don’t have to touch the thing that makes them

9 .

What do we call lines of sunlight?

Shadows

Rulers

Rays

Clouds

The rays of the sun go in straight lines

10 .

Sarah is asleep in bed. The light is on. Sarah casts a shadow on the pillow. Sarah’s Mom comes in and quietly turns off the light. What happens to Sarah’s shadow?