Activity Set: The Sun and Shadows
One activity I will bring into my classroom surrounding the sun and shadows is to firstly take the children outside to have a look at their own shadows. I would then
find some permanent objects like a sign, a tree or a pole and I would take out some coloured chalk. I would put the children into groups and ask them to trace the shadow of a chosen permanent object. We would then make some predictions on what the children think will happen to the shadows as the sun moves across the sky throughout the day. We would then revisit these objects throughout the day and trace around their shadows with a different colour of chalk. We would then make some observations on how the shadow changes as the sun moves across the sky. As an extension to this lesson, I would then do a shadow lesson in the classroom using a torch and the children’s hands or puppets they would make to explore shadows.