Shadow Tracing Without the Sun

After living in Colorado for three weeks or so, I have found that I can almost always count on the sun. Friday was not one of those days. I had planned on the students investigating shadows for outdoor education, both their own shadows and the shadows of other things on the playground, such as a tree or the picnic table. As soon as we stepped outside, I heard the students say, "Where is my shadow? I can't find it!" I knew that the sun was not there to aid us in our lesson. So we decided to trace each other with chalk instead. Students were in pairs and took turns. Dahfna and Gwenyth even wanted to
trace my feet!