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Standards:
1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light
Materials:
glass of water
paper
pen
Summary:
Science meets art in this fun light activity. Students will learn how to ‘magically flip’ drawings using refraction of light. Draw an image, then look at it through a glass of water...it should flip! Once students have played around with it for a while, they can start to guess or hypothesize how they think a picture might look given particular variables.
Focus Questions:
How does your picture change? What bits stay the same?
Does it matter how far away the glass of water is?
What happens if you try with a wider (or narrower) glass?
What happens if you move your head from side to side?
Why is the water changing the way we see the image?
Posted by: Lauren Pio
Standards:
Objects can be seen If light Is available to Illuminate them or If they give off their own light
Materials:
Empty paper towel roll
Scissors
Blank CD
Pencil
Small Piece of cardboard
Tape
Paint (optional)
Summary: Students will learn how and why they see a rainbow when light reflects off of CDs. In this fun activity, students will build their own spectroscopes to learn more about the concepts of light. They will start by taking their spectroscopes outside and then use the sun as their source of light (not directly In the sun). After using the sun students will use different sources of light to see If their outcome changes.
Focus Questions:
What do you see when using your spectroscope?
Why do we see a rainbow?
Where is the sunlight being reflected to?
What would happen If we changed the source of light?
Posted by: Alyssa Costantino
Shadow Puppet Show
Standards:
1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct investigations to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light
Materials:
Black construction paper
Popsicle sticks
Scissors
White colored pencil
Flashlight
Dark room
Summary:
In this lesson, students will be creating shadow puppets to demonstrate how light cannot pass through solid objects. Students will draw out the shape of their puppet on black construction paper then cut their shape out. Once everyone has their shape we will turn off the lights, shine a flashlight at a wall, and have small groups of 3-4 students show off their shadow puppets against the wall.
Focus Questions:
What do we see on the wall when we put our shadow puppets up?
What is it called when light can shine through an object?
What does light bounce or reflect off of?
Posted by: Miciyah Carter
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