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...
Activity
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Global Seismogram Viewer

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the P-wave Shadow Zone and how it can be used to determine the diameter of Earth's outer core.
Graphic
Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive: Leonardo Da Vinci Selected Notes on Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about the selected notes by Leonardo da Vinci on artistic style. Mentions colors, tone, sculpture, drawing, shadows, perspective, etc.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the End of the Vietnam War Led to a Refugee Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
The fall of Saigon in April 1975 marked the close of the war, but also the beginning of one of the largest and longest refugee crises in history. Over the next two decades -- from 1975 to 1995 -- more than three million people fled...
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...

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