Shadows and Light
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will explain that shadows form when light is blocked and that light travels in straight lines.
Vocabulary
shadow, light, block, glass, dark, line, through
Teaching Notes
- Use a flashlight and simple objects to model shadows.
- Compare transparent and opaque materials.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Shadow is a dark shape made when light is blocked. Light travels in a straight line.
Light can pass through some materials (like glass) but not through others (like cardboard).
Vocabulary and Definition
- — a dark shape made when light is blocked
- — to stop light from passing
- — a clear material light goes through
- — the straight path light travels
Words to Learn
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Sentences to Fill In
- A shadow is made when light is .
- Light moves in a straight .
- Light goes through .
- A shadow looks .
- A book can light.
- We can see a shadow on the .
- If light goes through something, it passes .
- When the light moves, the moves too.
- Clear things let more pass.
- Shadows happen when something light.
Reflection
- What made your shadow today?
- Why did the shadow move?