Reply To: Module 2 – The Moon, the Earth and the Sun

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Aoife Roche
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    I choose the activity set The Sun and Shadows. We will begin the lesson by listening to the story ‘Moonbear’s Shadow’. Ask children to help you find the Sun and Bear’s shadow in each illustration. Use your finger to trace a line from the Sun to Bear, and then to his shadow. Ask children to make predictions about the story. Discuss how the position of the Sun in the sky changed throughout the story. We would recreate the scenes using a bear and a torch to represent the sun. The outcome of the lesson will allow the children to explore how the position of the light affects the size, shape, and position of the shadow. This is an appropriate lesson for younger classes and awards the opportunity for the children to model how the Sun casts shadows. To observe the shadows cast by the light source and to compare their observations as they change the position of the light.

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