When I was teaching full-time, I was always on the lookout for ways to engage the pupils. With changes in technology and resources, this is easier now than previously but still can prove difficult.
When it comes to Light & Shadows, I had a "wow" moment when I first saw Pilobolus do one of their shadow dance routines. This was long before Britain's Got Talent brought us Attraction.
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| Screenshot from Pilobolus video "Summer in the City" |
I remember, as a child, making shadow shapes with my hands.
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| What shadow image do you think this shape might produce? |
- the fashion for silhouette portraits before cheap photography (1790-1840)
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| Beethoven as a boy - Wikipedia (public domain) |
- Fairy Tales illustrated with silhouettes e.g. Arthur Rackham's Cinderella,
a number of books by Jan Pienkowski and Rob Ryan
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| Jan Pienkowski |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T06OToVOsbk
Various fairy tales by Lotte Reiniger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvU55CUw5Ck
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| The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger (1926) |
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| Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981 |
- Far-Eastern shadow plays
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| Creative Commons -The Children's Museum of Minneapolis |
Back to the Science, investigations can be undertaken into "How shadows can be changed?", "How shadows change during the day?" and "Is it really cooler in the shade?".
Postscript : Thinking about Britain's Got Talent reminder me of a winner (Kseniya Simonova) of the Ukrainian version. She won with a very moving sand animation performance using a light box.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMgDbcA84A
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