Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Share reactions and experiences
Objective: To accumulate and share the children's responses and discoveries during the initial exploratory activity.
Activity: Make an information chart about what the children discovered during their explorations. Ask the children how they felt about making the shadows. Ask the children how shadows make them feel.
Assessment: Keep the information chart displayed around the room so children can add on to it as the unit progresses.