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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Scotland: How Are Shadows Formed?

For Students 4th - 6th
Join James, as he tries to make a dog appear on the wall by using only his hands. Find out how he does this.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Where Is the Player?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Examine how multiple light sources produce shadows of differing darkness and length. Move a player (with four light sources) around the field until your image matches the five other images on the page so you can identify where the player...
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Other

Ohio Resource Center: Shadows

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This applet helps students visualize the shapes of shadows cast by a cube with a light coming from different angles. This helps students visualize shapes from different angles and to identify, sketch and classify the cross-sections of...
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Activity
Harvard University

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Rotation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plenty of cool activities about the Earth's rotation can be found here, such as tracing shadows, observing shadows during different times of the day, and tracking the sun's path in the sky to understand the rotation of the earth.
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Website
Other

Atmospheric Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Instead of just ooohing and aaahing over that beautiful sunset, impress your loved ones with an insightful and informed explanation of just what makes sunsets so interesting, and they will oooh and aaah at you too! At this site, you'll...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How We See Things

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children learn that mirrors and shiny surfaces alter the direction in which light travels and that when they see objects light enters the eye. Children contrast reflection and shadow...
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Opaque

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson use objects found around the house or classroom to make sun prints. Link provided for the construction of a light island for classroom use.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Invisibility

For Students 9th - 10th
What if invisibility wasn't just the stuff of epic comic book stories? Is it scientifically possible to be invisible? In this series, creator Joy Lin tackles six superpowers and reveals just how scientifically realistic they can be. [4:33]
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Interactive
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast drawings by Rembrandt with those of his students to learn about his characteristic visual traits, especially his approach to line and his use of light and shadow to create the illusion of three dimensions.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
A triple eclipse crossing the face of Jupiter on 2 Feb 98. This set of five images captures the passage of the shadows of Io, Callisto, and Ganymede across the face of Jupiter.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Winery: Why Can We See Through Some Objects but Not Others?

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the properties of materials in their interactions with light, including whether they are opaque, transparent, or translucent, and which of these produce shadows.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Mooncake

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn factual information about the moon and how light creates shadows. Noting that authors oftentimes use their imaginations to create stories, 1st graders explore how misconceptions and misunderstandings can often be...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Stacy D. Fahrenthold, "Teaching Migrant and Refugee Histories"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the difficulty of trying to teach a course titled "My Migrants and Refugees in the Middle East" in light of President Trump's ban on migration from some Middle East countries.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kara Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Kara walker, an American installation artist who used intricate cut-paper silhouettes, together with collage, drawing, painting, performance, film, video, shadow puppetry, light projection, and animation, to...
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Article
Other

Guidance/the Alphabet of Art/value

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site that explains Value as an element of art using examples of Rembrandt's work. This is a good juxtaposition between the works "Night Watch," and "The Anatomy Lesson," by Rembrandt.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Sun Sational Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discover more about the sun when you visit this educational resource. The content of this site includes solar fun facts, experiments, and activities.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Value

For Students 9th - 10th
Artlex's definition of value and how it applies to black and white and color in art. There are links to other sites to further explain the term and also related terms to explore.
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Lesson Plan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Having Fun With Landscape Photography

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will learn about horizon lines in traditional landscapes and portraits, shadows and reflected light, and John Pfahl's Altered Landscapes. They will also create their own altered landscape photographs and portraits and write...
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Website
Other

Avi's Web Site!

For Students 6th - 8th
This is Avi's very own website. It includes a categorized list of all his books (including individual summaries), plus highlights of soon-to-be-published and recently published books. A short biological sketch recommends a biography...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Art and Science of Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This series of programs includes hand-tinted archival films, contemporary offerings by local artists, and films created by artists drawing and painting on the film surface itself. Featuring animated, documentary, and homemade works.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Lksd Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Digital Imaging 1: Digital Photography Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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Handout
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Structure and Function of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a an excellent guide to the structure and function of the human eye. Content addresses how the eye is built, as well as how it works to translate light and shadow into sight. A diagram illustrating the various parts of...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for Grade 1. Section titles include: Me and My Shadow, How Do I See, My Features Can Help Me, Signals Light and Sound, Sky Patterns, Telescopes, The...

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