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Year 6 · Science

Shadow Shapes

Year 6 learners practise why and how shadows change shape.

The activities include Explain how Shadows are Made and Changed, Explore Shadows and Their Shapes, Predict Shadow Shapes, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, lesson, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Explain how Shadows are Made and Changed
  • Explore Shadows and Their Shapes
  • Predict Shadow Shapes
  • Understand How Shadows Can Change

Checked learning resources

  • How shadows form

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes explaining shadow formation and changes caused by moving an object or light source.

  • Shadow shapes investigation

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes predicting shadow shapes from the object and position of the light source.

  • How shadows form worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science downloadable Year 6 worksheet and starter and exit quizzes explaining shadow formation and changes caused by moving an object or light source.

  • Science: Light: Shaping Shadows Year 6 Lesson 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 6 lesson plan, presentation and activities explaining how shadows form, why they match object shapes and how moving the light source changes a shadow.

  • Y6 Light: How Shadows Change When the Light Source Changes

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 6 practical worksheet for predicting and observing how shadow shape, size and position change when the light source moves.

  • Shadow shapes investigation worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science downloadable Year 6 worksheet and starter and exit quizzes predicting shadow shapes from the object and position of the light source.

  • Light - KS2 Science

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS2 topic page selected from the Year 6 Science corpus for Shadow Shapes.

  • Y6 Light: Shaping Shadows Lesson 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 Science resource matched to why and how shadows change shape.