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Year 3 create shadows!

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Wednesday 03 February 2021

Our Year 3 pupils shone even brighter this week when they experimented with light!

After studying light in their science lessons, the children created a variety of shadows with light and objects from around their homes.

So, what did our little scientists discover? They learned how the angle of the light source makes a huge difference to the type of shadow created and how shadows differ depending on the opacity of an object.

Sienna produced a dark, well-defined bunny shadow with her opaque hand while Eleanor used a translucent plastic lid to create a faint shadow, as some light still passed through.  

Sienna said “I enjoyed creating different types of shadow. My favourite was when I made a long shadow with my arm.” 

Take a look at our scientists in action! 

  • Shadows Year 3
  • Shadows Year 3