Flashlight Shadows!

Lab Brief #12

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

A flashlight makes shadows on the wall. The shadow is where the light cannot reach.

Key words

light
A kind of energy that travels in waves and lets us see.
shadow
A dark shape made when an object blocks the light.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

flashlight

⚠️ Safety first

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Use a flashlight to make shadows on the wall. Move the light—what happens?

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Draw a picture of what you see.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Share what you learned with someone!

Question 1 of 3

What makes shadows?

Question 2 of 3

Do shadows come out when it's sunny?

Question 3 of 3

Does the moon make its own light?

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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