The activity set I would choose to teach my class would be the sun and shadows.
I would begin my lesson by reading the poem “let’s play shadows”. https://images.app.goo.gl/fyycD6vsLLXiti5D7
I would teach the children the actions to this poem. We would then have a discussion about shadows and how they are made. I would elicit any prior knowledge the children have about shadows or the sun and I would record it on a KWL chart.
We would then go outside on a sunny day and use chalk to draw the shape of shadows. I would get the children to work in small groups, with some groups focusing on different shaped shadows.
We would practice making our own shadows jump, run. Crouch, crawl etc. as discussed in the poem.
We would see how shadows are different sizes in different areas around the school. We would discuss the differences and reasons why.
To further extend this activity we would go back inside and explore the use of flashlights on small items like Teddy bears to make shadows, as was shown in this module.
We would complete our KWL chart with an end of lesson discussions.
For some cross curricular links I would do an art lesson focusing on shadow silhouette shapes.