How Shadows Form
Your child knows a shadow forms when an object blocks the light. With shadow puppets, they see the shadow grow bigger as the puppet moves closer to the torch.
In curriculum terms
Recognise that shadows are formed when light from a source is blocked by an opaque object, and find patterns in how shadow size changes
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How to tell they’ve got it
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Try this together
Can your child make shadow puppets and explain why the shadow gets bigger when you move the puppet closer to the torch?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).