We loved the experiences and experiments we have carried out today. By making a reflective collar for Miss Peverell’s puppy Elsie, we learned about reflective and retro-reflective materials (plus we thought about what would be soft next to her neck).
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We studied how light travels in straight lines by setting up our own experiments.
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By studying how shadows are formed and which materials light will pass through, we were able to create our WW2 tableaus using black card and cellophane.
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