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   Preparation:  
  Torches, cardboard cylinders 
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   Steps:  
  On a table the children find a torch and a large cardboard cylinder.
  They think about what they can do with these two items.  
  The children find out, what happens (and / or comes out at the other
  end) if they shine a torch into the cylinder in a dark room. They see that
  the ray of light which is directed into the cylinder at one end is not
  visible in the dark at the other end  when looked at from 
  the side.  
  The children find the light on the wall or the ceiling and try to
  catch it with their hands and make it visible. They recognize with 
  the help of the nursery school teacher that light must meet a surface
  or dust particles, in order to become visible.  
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