This week we began the second of our four transdisciplinary themes - 'How the World Works'. The children were able to experiment with and explore light and shadow during a dark day at school!
We turned out all the lights and put black paper over the windows so that the only sources of light were our torches, light table and overhead projector. Then the exploration began! During the course of the day we played and experimented with prisms, transparent stones and paper, flashlights, lamps and much, much more.
We read books in the dark and listened to music in the dark. We even enjoyed a candlelight lunch!
We turned out all the lights and put black paper over the windows so that the only sources of light were our torches, light table and overhead projector. Then the exploration began! During the course of the day we played and experimented with prisms, transparent stones and paper, flashlights, lamps and much, much more.
We read books in the dark and listened to music in the dark. We even enjoyed a candlelight lunch!
Here are some 'wonderings' that we had today . . .

Abulkhair: "I wonder how does the flashlight make light?"

Amira: "I wonder why things are more colourful (in the light)"

Aubrey: "I wonder how you can see light through transparent things"

Julian: "I wonder how you can make a shadow"

Kili: "I wonder how a flashlight would look through a diamond"