Nico & Nor Shadow Cave

Use shapes to block light and make shadows on cave walls! Choose from squares, rectangles, circles, triangles, semi circles, and parallelograms to create just the right object. Then match the mysterious outline on the wall by moving the object to make the shadow bigger or smaller. When the shadow is just the right size and shape, see what the cave drawings reveal! With a magical mysterious cave and the chance to create your own shadows and cave drawing designs, Shadow Cave is a cozy and creative exploration of the math and the science of shadows. Families can also choose to play in English or Spanish!

Features

• Playable in both English and Spanish
• 9 levels with challenges to create objects to block light and make shadows
• 3 free-play levels to design your own shadows and cave drawings
• Imaginative shadow designs based on combinations of geometric shapes
• Adaptive feedback to support learning
• Co-developed by researchers, preschool teachers, and parents
• Alignment with early STEM learning trajectories
• No in-app purchases
• No advertising

Shadow Cave and the entire curriculum supplement from Early Science with Nico & Nor® was rigorously researched and developed for home and preschool classroom use. It combines traditional hands-on activities with digital learning to promote young children’s engagement with science practices and concepts while also building their math skills and providing ways to participate in the engineering process.

About First 8 Studios @ WGBH

GBH Kids has pioneered children's educational media for decades. First 8 Studios @ WGBH is dedicated to carrying this pioneering spirit into the digital, mobile world. First 8 Studios creates mobile experiences to support the healthy growth of children from birth through age 8. At the heart of this work is a commitment to research-based development and an ongoing collaboration with teachers and children to give them a voice in the digital media development process. You'll find evidence of the big hearts and little fingerprints of our partners throughout each Nico & Nor® experience.

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Copyright

Early Science with Nico & Nor® and the characters and related indicia are trademarks of First 8 Studios @ WGBH. ®/© 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

This Early Science with Nico & Nor® app was produced by GBH Kids.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-1813280. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NSF.