Lesson Planning
Teaching
- To investigate colour and texture effects in shadows (Yr5&6).
- To write instructions explaining how colour & texture are created in shadows (Yr5&6).
- To suggest possible further investigations for materials and colour on shadows (Yr6).
Activities
- Investigate and explain through instructions how colour and texture are created in shadows (Yr5&6)
- Modify a shadow ‘puppet’ to create specified colour and texture effects (Yr5&6)
- Suggest a further investigation into the impact of coloured lights in combination with coloured acetate shadows (Yr6)
Investigation
Shadow Puppet Effects: colour & texture. Continue investigating shadows, exploring texture and colour. Create the next section for your portfolio, outlining instructions for shadow puppet effects. (Problem solving, Exploring, Fair testing, Pattern seeking)
Years 5&6 - Investigate and explain through instructions how colour and texture are created in shadows
Years 5&6 - Modify a shadow ‘puppet’ to create specified colour and texture effects
Year 6 - Suggest a further investigation into the impact of coloured lights in combination with coloured acetate shadows
Vocabulary
Light, source, dark, shadow, block, absorb, direction, transparent, opaque, translucent, straight, colour