Learning About Light...in the Dark!

Teaming up as pint-sized partners, they wielded a flashlight, a crisp sheet of white paper, a trusty marker, and a cute toy animal. These young explorers experimented with holding the flashlight at varying heights from the floor and distances from the animal, watching in awe as the shadows stretched, shrank, and morphed into new shapes. One partner sketched the outline with the marker, capturing their shadowy masterpieces for posterity.

 

This fun experiment sparked insights into real-world wonders, like why the sun paints longer shadows at dawn and dusk, or shorter ones at high noon—and how those patterns shift with the seasons.

 

Science Specialist Deborah Landon emphasizes that these interactive escapades are key to locking those "aha!" moments firmly into young minds.