Light and Shadow play – creating a lightbox. Photographing materials after they have been arranged. Use beads, shapes, clear pieces that are tinted with color, transparencies, feathers, ribbon.
Letter to Me – write a letter to yourself that you will put in a time capsule. Choose a line in your letter and create an artwork inspired by it.
The Teacher Learning Process 
I just started following you, and I can already tell I’m going to love reading your stuff. 🙂 I know this post was like..two years ago…lol… BUT, I have some lesson plans and resources on light and shadow. They are great for understanding the power of positive and negative space. 🙂 Here you go:
http://artfulplay.weebly.com/1-shadow-play.html