Shadows - what makes a good shadow?

Date: 13th Jan 2020 @ 10:21pm

Today we explored shadows. We were trying to discover which material would make the best shadow.  We know our bodies are good at making shadows - we watched the clip from Britain’s Got Talent of the group of people who used their bodies to make shadows to tell an emotional story. 

We tried different materials to make shadows using our puppet theatre, observing which made the best shadow.  We explored how much light would travel through different materials.  We used the data loggers to see how much light came through different materials.  This helped us discover if the material was transparent, translucent or opaque. 

We concluded that the best shadows were made by opaque materials as they didn’t let light pass through them.