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Shadow Play. September 15, 2011. What is a shadow? What do you need in order to have a shadow? Do you have one all the time? What would happen to your shadow if you stood in the same spot all day?. Reflection. What is a shadow? Shadow : the dark area created by
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Shadow Play September 15, 2011
What is a shadow? What do you need in order to have a shadow? Do you have one all the time? What would happen to your shadow if you stood in the same spot all day? Reflection
What is a shadow? Shadow: the dark area created by an object that blocks light. Reflection
What do you need in order to have a shadow? Reflection Object Light
Big Idea: Light travels in a straight line.
Big Idea: Opaque objects, like bodies, block light from the Sun, creating a shadow. Opaque – light does not travel through an object
Is your shadow the same all the time? Reflection
Big Idea: Shadows change during the day because the position of the Sun changes as the Earth rotates.
Vocabulary Orientation: a position or arrangement in relation to another position or location.
The size and position of a shadow depends on the object’s orientation to the light source.