Below you will see some science journal entries...

STAR SCIENTISTS...

We have been exploring light and shadows and having so much fun doing it! We went out for a shadow walk to determine what causes shadows. We studied the sun and wrote sun facts on paper suns. We made silhouettes of our hands and explored how to make shadows larger and smaller, as seen above. We recorded our silhouettes in our science journals. 

We made our own sundials using Styrofoam cups and skewers and we recorded the time and shadows throughout the day. Science is SO much fun! We wrote about our observations in our science journals.

Going on a Shadow Walk...

We went on a shadow walk today and it was so much darn fun!  Each student took a piece of paper on a clipboard and a pencil. I challenged the students to try to figure out what makes a shadow.  I told them it takes 3 things to make a shadow. I also told them to write any observations about shadows. It was so funny, I kept saying things like, "someone is following you" and "oh- you have a friend tagging along- how nice."  They got such a kick out of these comments about their shadows. We gathered after about 10-15 minutes to discuss our findings. One student said "you have to have the ground to have a shadow." BINGO- that's number one: a surface. A bunch of students said "the sun." That's number two: sun/light. I had to p-u-u-u-u-ll number three out by standing up and asking "what is my body doing to the light?" After some discussion, they finally came up with number three: something to block the sun.  There is nothing like hands-on learning!