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Light & Color

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Shadow of an arm ending in a colorful bird. Caption: (narrator) It's all done by light, shadows, and color.

An elementary class prepares for a visit from the Shadow Players, a group who use light, shadow, and color to tell a story. The class learns about sources of light, shadows, and silhouettes. They experiment with transparent, opaque, and translucent objects to see what lets light through. Using a prism, they discover the colors in light. Review at the end.

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Runtime: 13 minutes 29 seconds

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