🎨 Creative Learning

The lantern that draws on the wall

A jam jar, dark paper with holes and a small tealight. Watch the light travel in straight lines out through each hole. Then drag the lantern away from the wall.

distance lantern wall The wall from the front the holes stay small Drag the lantern yourself. What happens to the dots?
Against the wallFar away

Middle of the room: the dots grow and their edges soften.

Light from the tealight
Dark paper with holes
Distance to the wall
The dark room
1An empty jam jar
2Dark paper with holes
3The tealight goes on
4The light draws on the wall