Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Scale City: Inverse Proportions and Shadows in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, students take a quick trip through the history of drive-in theaters and are then asked to consider the question, "What is the relationship between the size of an object's shadow and the object's distance from a light...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kara Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Kara walker, an American installation artist who used intricate cut-paper silhouettes, together with collage, drawing, painting, performance, film, video, shadow puppetry, light projection, and animation, to...