A new term and a new investigation is underway.
For the next little while we will be looking at “Light and Sound” – first in a scientific way with a visit from the CSIRO Labs on Legs where we are looking forward to some more great hands on activities and experiments to do.
To get ready for this visit we spent a beautiful and sunny afternoon exploring what we already knew about light and shadows.
First up we played “Shadow Tag” outside in the playground. The person who was “it” had to catch the other kids by stamping on their shadow.
We decided that the trick was to make sure that the person who was “it” was always between you and the sun. If you did this, then it was nearly impossible for “it” to reach your shadow.
This was because our bodies blocked the light from the sun, causing a shadow behind us. If “it” was between you and the sun then your shadow was too far away from “it” for him to reach!
We also tried to make numbers and letters using our shadows – can you see the numbers and letters that we made with our bodies?

Inside, we used the OHP as the light source to make shadow animals with our hands. We also used other objects from around the room to experiment with shadows as well.
Some people were really clever at making interesting patterns and creatures with their hands.
