Shadow play

Shadows are the places that light doesn't reach. You can use shadows to make up quizzes and questions; and to challenge your friends.

	- Black paper - Large sheets of white paper - A lamp or light source; ask your teacher to set it up - Some interesting objects - ones with holes in are best! - Your pencil

• Put the objects on a sheet of white paper.
• Ask your teacher to put the lamp so that the shadows are on the white paper.
• Draw round the shadows - including the holes! - and either shade them in, or cut out the shapes from black paper.
• Ask your friends to guess what the objects were.

• Use the lamp to draw silhouettes - the shadow of a friend's head.
• Get them to sit between the lamp and some white paper, pinned to the wall.
• Ask them to turn so that you can see their profile - you can see the shadow of their nose.
• Draw round their shadow onto the paper.
• Put the white paper and some black paper together.
• Cut them both out.
• Ask your friends to guess who you drew round.

• Work out a short story you could tell using shadows.