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This site, provided by the Center for Science Education at the University of California Berkeley, contains an activity to experiment with shadows and light sources and to understand the relationship between the angle of illumination and the shadow's length.  Inquiry-based science is used to explore using a few basic materials:  a flashlight, cardboard, and a toothpick.  The site also contains an explanation of the observations and links to more information and other astronomy activities.
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Optics
- Geometrical Optics
- Middle School
- High School
- Informal Education
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© 2001 UC Regents
Keywords:
angle of illumination, light, shadow, source
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created June 13, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
July 30, 2006 by Elizabeth Bolton
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when Cataloged:
January 1, 2001
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2001), WWW Document, (http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_01.html).
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Shadow Dance (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2001), <http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_01.html>.
APA Format
Shadow Dance. (2001, January 1). Retrieved May 8, 2024, from Exploratorium: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_01.html
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Shadow Dance. San Francisco: Exploratorium, January 1, 2001. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_01.html (accessed 8 May 2024).
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Shadow Dance. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2001. 1 Jan. 2001. 8 May 2024 <http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_01.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {Shadow Dance}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {8 May 2024}, Month = {January 1, 2001}, Year = {2001} }
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