Moon phase - L'ombre à la portée des enfants
Moon phase : The exhibition L'ombre à la portée des enfants is a funny way to discover visible phenomena and how light and shadow work. The exhibition programm includes explanations of light photon, physics light, color mixing.
Exhibition Paris
Light and shadow
Shadow puppet
Penumbra
Physics light
Light shade
Shadow theater
Shadow art
Day and night
Light source
Colors of the rainbow
Sundial
Color mixing
Light photon
Day and night
Solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
Moon phase
Light and shadow
Physics light
Penumbra
Light source
the exhibition
Documentation
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Roll over the crank to make the Moon turn round the Earth. Observe the different phases of the Moon. Click on the Moon to know why you are able to see it.
Just like the Earth, the Moon has one lighted side and one shadowy side. According to its position, it doesn't look the same when it is seen from the Earth.
It is the light which comes from the Sun
The Moon absorbs part of the light it receives from the Sun and reflects the rest into space. That's why you can see it from the Earth !
The photons are small particles of light.
The miroir reflects all the light it receives : you can even see yourself in it