An activity that teaches students about light, shade and shadow.

What You Need:

• Flashlight
• Construction paper (white & black)
• Pencils
• Bristol board
• Masking tape

What You Do:

1. Tape a piece of white construction paper to the wall in a dark room.

2. Place the flashlight on a table. Shine the light at the white construction paper.

3. Sit between the light and the paper so that your profile appears on the paper.

4. Have a partner trace around your silhouette onto the paper.

5. Remove the paper from the wall and make sure your lines are smooth.

6. Next, cut the silhouette out of the paper, place onto black construction paper, trace around it and cut it out..

7. Glue the black silhouette onto white Bristol board. Add your name and date to the work.