Shadow Drawing with Blocks

Category: Math - Elementary

Author Tricia Umhafer

Description

Educational Standards that this lesson meets:
Math Learning Standards
 -NY-PK.MD1
 -NY-K.MD3
 -NY-K.G1
 -NY-K.G2
 -NY-K.G3
 -NY-K.G4
 -NY-K.G5
 -NY-K.G6
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (Curriculum Standards)
 -111.2 (b) (1) Mathematical process standards.(E)
 -111.2 (b) (2) Numbers and operations.(E)
 -111.2 (b) (6) Geometry and measurement (A)

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Shadow Drawing with Blocks
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Shadow Drawing with Blocks

During this activity students will explore light, shadows, 2D and 3D shapes. They will accomplish this by building a structure that casts a shadow and tracing that shadow. They will then try to re-build the structure based off the shadow drawing. Students will also learn the vocabulary words "transparent" and "Opaque and be able to use them to describe and object.