Science · Stage 1
Lab: Light, Dark and Shadows
Shine a torch and watch the dark shapes appear — which things make a shadow?
✦ Science📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
plan, predict, observe and conclude which things make a shadow by blocking light.
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Kavi and the Mystery Shadow
Kavi switches off the lamp and the room goes dark 🌑. Then Kavi's torch 🔦 makes a bright circle of light — and when Kavi lifts one wing, a dark wing-shaped patch appears: a shadow! "A shadow shows up when something blocks the light," whispers Kavi. "Which things make shadows? Let's predict and test!"
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What your child will learn
1What makes a shadow?Our question: which things make a shadow? Every shadow has three parts. Tap each one.
2Shadow or no shadow?Shine a torch at each thing. Predict what will happen — then check!
3Blocks light or lets it through?A scientist records what the tests show. Put each thing in the right box.
4Light and shadowWhere light is blocked, we get a shadow. Where there is no light at all, it is dark! Tap each card.
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A peek inside
Will a teddy bear 🧸 make a shadow when a torch shines on it?
Predict: the bear is solid, so light cannot go through. Test: shine the torch 🔦 — a bear-shaped dark patch appears. Conclude: it blocks light.
Try this at home: Circle the light sources: Sun chair torch book
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
Part of Science · Stage 1 · S1 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.