Monday, August 6, 2012

Science: Spinning in Space - Lesson 3, Session 2

In this lesson students work in teams to investigate light and shadows.
Some images for discussion:




Some information on how light travels in straight lines:



BBC Schools Science had an excellent interactive describing the Earth, Sun and Moon and how they rotate in relation to each other.
Light and Shadows is another interactive that describes how shadows change in relation to different types of light sources.

Here is Billy Nye the Science Guy having a chat about the Moon. It will help me to answer the questions of one of my students, Tom.