Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰Jersey has its own language called Jèrriais — a form of Norman French still spoken by some islanders! 🗣️The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄Common and bottlenose dolphins are frequently spotted around Jersey's coastline! 🐬Jersey has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world — the sea can go back nearly 1.5km at low tide! 🌊The Jersey Royal potato has its own Protected Designation of Origin — just like champagne! 🥔Jersey is the sunniest place in the British Isles — about 2,000 hours of sunshine every year! ☀️Jersey has its own parliament called the States Assembly — one of the oldest in the world! 🏛️Mont Orgueil Castle has been standing for over 800 years — since around 1204! 🏰Jersey has its own language called Jèrriais — a form of Norman French still spoken by some islanders! 🗣️The Jersey cow is one of the oldest dairy breeds in the world — dating back over 300 years! 🐄

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Light and Shadows

🔬 Science KS2 — Ages 7–11 ✓ 3 key facts

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⭐ Key Facts

1 Light travels in straight lines and cannot bend around objects.

2 A shadow is formed when an opaque object blocks light from passing through.

3 The size of a shadow depends on how close the light source is to the object — closer means a bigger shadow.

Find out how shadows form and why they change size and shape.

Light is a form of energy that allows us to see the world around us. It travels in straight lines at an astonishing speed — 300,000 kilometres per second! Because light travels in straight lines, it cannot bend around objects. When light hits an opaque object (one that doesn’t let light through), the light is blocked and a dark area forms on the other side — this is called a shadow. The shape of a shadow matches the outline of the object that blocked the light. Shadows change in size depending on where the light source is. When a light source is close to an object, the shadow is large. When the light source is further away, the shadow becomes smaller. This is why our shadows are long in the morning and evening (when the sun is low) and short at midday (when the sun is high above us).

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