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DA#38 – Holding Hands with the Shadow

How can I keep trace of the shadow?

This atelier is dedicated to the scientific phenomenon of shadows. The children, both at school and at home, play with the shadows of their bodies and hands, and experiment with how shadows change as they move through space and time. At home children produce ‘family shadows’ and go on a shadow hunt to build the basis for in-depth artistic studies and the creation of imaginary characters and stories.

An idea from

Daniela Idili – Barbara Collu – Claudia Ripamonti – Sara Mameli, ECEC educators at the Kindergarten “SS. Giorgio e Caterina”, Cagliari – Italy.

In co-design with Zaffiria.

Time

6 activities (40 min each)

Age

5 years

Objective

  1. Discover the own body and movement through shadows
  2. Make scientific experiments with artistic tools
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DA#14 – Nature in Projection

How are shadows generated and what lays behind (or in front of) them?

Children discover the nature of shadows and the properties of projection through a series of experimentation activities with different light sources and materials.  At school, in a dark room, they will first experiment what happens when the light from the projector passes through natural materials (leaves, flowers, branches, stones), through coloured transparent materials,  to afterwards  discover what the materials look like if they give a “closer look”, through the lenses of a digital microscope.  At home, children and parents will go for a “shadow hunt” and experiment with different light sources and materials, also thanks to a “transition” box, which the children take home from school and vice versa.

An idea from

Sara Battistel – Cristina Zecchin, ECEC educators at the Kindergarten “Tre Piere”, Oderzo – Italy.

In co-design with Zaffiria.

Time

8 activities (30 min each)

Age

4-5 years

Objective

  1. Knowledge of the projector, as a technological tool.
  2. Discovery and exploration of shadows.
  3. Peer collaboration.
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#nature #sciences #mediaeducation #projection #digitalmicroscope