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Light & Shadow

Lenny and Lexie wearing eclipse glasses

Lenny and Lexie Get Ready for a Solar Eclipse

Hands-on Activities

Help Lenny and Lexie get ready for a solar eclipse using your unplugged coding skills.

A family watches an eclipse

Eclipse Watching

Hands-on Activities

Things to do on solar eclipse day!

Child using box eclipse viewer

Three Ways to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer

Hands-on Activities

Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.

Why can we see shadows at night?

Why can we see shadows at night?

Hands-on Activities

Take a walk after dark to find shadows.

Circle of colours

What is white light?

Hands-on Activities

Find out what happens if you spin the colours of the rainbow in this hands-on activity.

Water: A Natural Reflector

Reflectors

Picture Collections

7 images of some objects that can reflect light such as mirrors, Mylar balloons and water

How do movies move?

How do movies move?

Hands-on Activities

Explore the concept of persistence of vision in this hands on activity.