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Play Light & Shadow Lab
Reason about seeing with light, reflection, opaque-object shadows and patterns in supplied shadow measurements. Saving is off unless you choose it.
Interpret supplied shadow measurements and predict changes when light direction or object position changes. Shadow-clock operation and practical investigation are not assessed.
Year 3 · Science
Changes In Shadows
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Focus on how shadows change during the day. Open support for “Explore Changing Shadows”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 3 learners practise how shadows change during the day.
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- Explore Changing Shadows — support from Oak National Academy
- Investigate How Shadows are Affected by Light Angle — support from Oak National Academy
- Recognise Patterns in How Shadows Change — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand How Shadow Clocks Work — support from Twinkl
- Understand How Shadows are Related to Light Sources and Materials — support from Oak National Academy
- Understand the Factors that Affect Shadows — support from Oak National Academy
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Shadow Size Do
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Shadow Size Plan
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How to Make Your Own Sundial — KS2 activity video
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Year 3 Science: Investigating How Shadows Change
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BBC KS2 Light and Shadows worksheet
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