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Rohit and his best friend Shreya made the following shadows using their hands.
Identify what these are and join them with their correct names.

1. 2. 3. 4.

(a) Bull (b) Rabbit (c) Wolf (d) Fox

Fun with ShadowS

Hema has collected some solid objects from her

surroundings. She tries to cast the shadows of those
objects. She put a torch light on the objects and their

shadows are formed.
She observed that the shadow of a cube forms a square,

a sphere forms a circle and the pyramid forms a triangle.

Think and Answer

1. What will happen to the size of the shadows if we change the position of the
torch? Try yourself to find the answer.
2. You must have seen your own shadow.
(a) At what time of the day is your shadow longest? ________________________
(b) At what time of the day is your shadow shortest? ________________________
3. The shadow of a birthday cap formed is in the shape of a ________________________.

drawing PLanE ShaPES uSing objEctS

Let us see what these children are doing.

Vinit is tracing the outline of a book on a sheet of paper.
He gets an outline as a rectangle.

What shape will he get if he trace the outline of a dice?

Poonam is tracing the base of a juice can. She finds the outline
as a circle.

What shape will she get if she trace the outline of a funnel?

Now, trace the shape of the objects such as an eraser, leaf,
matchbox, bottle cap, etc. on a sheet of paper.

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