Light & OPTICAL Systems
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CURRICULUM - Activities and ideas
Prisms and components of light
Spotlights and what makes colour
How colour changes with different lights
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Convex and concave lenses and mirrors
Lasers - mirrors and jello!
Waves with slinkey's
Sunset science
Other activities
First Nations Metis Inuit Perspectives
I had thought it would be challenging to make authentic connections between light and FNMI perspectives. After researching and finding a light based legends I think it would be great to have the students compare one to modern science concepts or create their own.
Talk about light pollution and the environment
Students will: Investigate the nature of light and vision, and describe the role of invention, explanation and inquiry in developing our current knowledge
Investigate the development of microscopes, telescopes and other optical devices, and describe how these developments contributed to the study of light and other areas of science
Can also be done with "Cells & Systems" unit.
Look at objects through magnifier glasses and microscopes, various telescopes and binoculars
Build your own refracting telescope.
Investigate light beams and optical devices, and identify phenomena that provide evidence of the nature of light
Laser light through jello or cloudy water.
Students will: Investigate the transmission of light and describe its behaviour using a geometric ray model
Investigate how light is reflected, transmitted and absorbed by different materials, and describe differences in their properties
Measure and predict angles of reflection
See above lazer demo. Record measurements on paper
Use mirrors and lasers to see who can get their beam the furthest!
Build periscopes
Investigate, measure and describe the refraction of light through different materials
Investigate materials used in optical technologies and predict the effects of changes in their design, alignment or composition
Students will: Interpret the nature of visible light-as part of an electromagnetic spectrum-using the wave model of light
Describe the characteristics of solar energy as it comes to Earth in its various wavelengths and explain the significance of these different forms to humans and the environment
Play with waves
Sunset science (coffee mate and an overhead projector)
Spectroscopes
When all else fails, ask NASA
Build your own spectroscopes
Tube and CDs
Box version and more here
Buy scope or film/glasses
Describe and compare how incandescent, fluorescent, phosphorescent and biolummescent sources produce light
Bring in examples of each. Make sure to add LED!
Great information here
Investigate and describe the effects of infrared and ultraviolet light on materials, and identify related health concerns and technological applications
UV light and beads
Look up local UV index
No Longer Required - Describe and explain the uses of red, green and blue as primary additive colours
Spotlight demo above
Dollar store finger lights
Coloured lights and lasers in coloured jello
Mars connection - grow lights are magenta!
Students will: Investigate and explain the science of image formation and vision; and interpret related technologies
Demonstrate the formation of real images using a double convex lens, and predict effects of changes in lens position on the size and location of images
Lens lab ... look at the e!
TPT Free - all things lenses
Demonstrate and explain the use of microscopes, and describe in general terms the function of eyeglasses, binoculars and telescopes
See above lab comparing devices
Microscope covered in Cells and Systems unit
Explain how objects are seen by the eye, and compare eyes and cameras
Blind Spot
Compare the function and design of the mammalian eye to that of other vertebrates and invertebrates
Eye dissection (with Cells & Systems unit)
Investigate and describe the development of new technologies to enhance human vision
Glasses
Hubble and James Webb telescopes
