Shadowy Science

Year 3 have been learning about light and shadow as part of their science topic.

We took advantage of the sunny weather on Monday and investigated how shadows are formed and what happens to them over the course of the day.

We learned:

• light travels in a straight line
• shadows change direction over the course of the day - this is because the sun appears to move position in the sky
• the sun appears to move position (but really stays still) because the Earth spins
• shadows are formed when opaque objects block the light