Super Shadows

The students in Mrs. King’s Kindergarten class have been learning about shadows. We used the Pixie app on the iPads to demonstrate how an object blocking the sunlight creates a shadow. The students first selected a background in Pixie. Then they pulled in a picture of a sun and a person. They used the paint tool to draw lines to show the direction of the sun’s rays. They also used the paint tool to draw what their shadow would look like on the ground. This lesson required a good understanding of shadows in order to make sure that the shadow was representative of what would happen in an object block the sun. To further demonstrate their understanding, the students recorded their voice explaining what we are viewing in this picture. When they were finished, they uploaded their work to their digital portfolio in Seesaw so their parents can easily take a look at what they are doing in class.