The activity set that I would choose to do from this module would be on the theme of The Sun and Shadows and my lesson title would be titled: Shadows in the School Yard.
The concept that light travels in straight lines and the concept that shadows are areas of darkness would be covered in this activity that I would do on the yard.
I would introduce the concept of light and sources of light in the classroom. I think in previous lessons we would have discussed the difference between night and day, sunny days, wet days etc. For the main body of the lesson then we would go outside in groups of 3. One person having the chalk, one person to be lay on the yard ground and the other to ensure all operates ok.
Some questions that could be asked of the pupils while on the yard before the drawing commences would be: Do you always have a shadow? Why?Why not? What do you think your shadows will look like? Why?
After drawing the shadow of the pupils in their groups ask them to describe its shape and how does it look. Is it the exact shape of the person? Why?
Ask pupils to walk in their groups and see if they can guess anybody’s shadow based on the drawing on the yard. Discuss as a whole class back in the classroom how do you think shadows are formed? When might they be different?