This Light Energy Articles, Flip Books, Comprehension Questions, and Assessment pack is a great resource for you and your students as you move through your study of light! The articles included are perfect for interactive note taking or study guides.
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This whole unit BUNDLE is a great way to teach LIGHT.
The key concept of light is that it travels in straight lines until it is either reflected or refracted.
BUNDLE includes:
2 foldables about light for the interactive
I LOVE teaching my students about light energy, so I created a unit with a PowerPoint Slideshow, interactive notebook flip books, graphic organizers, posters, and assessments! It's an engaging way for me to explain all about light in a way that's easy for my students to understand. It's perfect for
Shine some light energy into your science curriculum! Kids conduct five sets of hands-on light experiments. The light unit includes lesson plans, lab sheets, website, flash cards, review sheet, and assessment.
Created by master teacher Brenda Kovich, these activities are classroom-tested and kid-ap
Light Energy
*The Definition of Light Energy
*Colours of Light
*Sources of Light Energy
*Reflection of Light
*The Travel of Light
*The Speed of Light
*Objects & Light (Transparent, Translucent, Opaque)
*Shadows (the Shapes and Sizes)
*The sun and Shadow ( Direction And Length of shadow)
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*5th Grade Science STAAR Vocabulary lessons for physical science with word wall cards, Snip-Its for interactive notebooks (INBs), and quizzes.
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Light and Color Word Wall Cards
~ This updated science word wall file has 68 cards printed on 17 pages. Many colorful pictures are included.
The Cards could also be used as flashcards, a bulletin board display, Bingo Calling Cards, etc.
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Light Energy Stations Investigations Labs:
Students will love investigating light energy with these simple stations. Each of these mini investigations will take about 4 minutes. Students will be prompted to answer a simple question and/or draw what they see.
Instructions and material lists are in
This summative assessment uses matching, true/false, and short answer response to assess your students' understanding of light energy and its properties.
Vocabulary & Concepts Assessed Include:
Light Energy
Heat Energy
Absorption
Reflection
Refraction
Prism
Primary Colors
* Light Energy Test/ Worksheet
1. Sources of light
2. Speed of light
3. The travel of light
4. Objects and light
5. Shadows
6. Color of light
* There are 3 parts:
Part 1: Fill in the blanks with words given : 10 Items
Part 2: True or False : 15 items
Part 3: Choose the correct answer : 20 Ite
Light Energy
Light reading passages
Energy nonfiction passage
Going deeper into nonfiction texts is essential to student mastery of common core standards. Want ways to integrate social studies and science content into your nonfiction instruction, while differentiating for the needs of all learners?
This foldable is to introduce light energy. Students look at properties of light, reflection, and refraction. Then they draw a diagram of what they learned.
Included:
light energy foldable, filled and blank
diagram prompt
This follows 5th grade science TEKS 5.6A, 5.6C
Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque: Light Energy Interactive Foldable
This foldable is designed to target difficult vocabulary for your visual and tactile learners. Light energy can be a tough concept to teach to upper elementary students due to their need for concrete examples. This foldable is
Light Energy
- Sources of light
- Travel of light
- How do see things?
- Objects and light
- Shadow
There 2 activities:
- Fill in the semantic map
- Answer the questions
- 3 pages for the activities and 2 pages for the answer key
-Answer key included
- Printable
- Adjustable
Other interes
Light Energy activity that includes informational reading comprehension as well as an interactive activity! As a middle school teacher, I see more and more students that have a terribly difficult time comprehending nonfiction & informational text - textbooks, websites, articles etc. I needed a m
It is my hope that this is not only addictive for your students, but addictive for you as well! Cootie catchers (or fortune tellers) are a great way to “trick” your students into learning without them even knowing it. Concepts in science are based around students first understanding the vocabulary a
Light Energy Cootie Catchers/ Fortune Tellers are a great way for students to have fun while learning about light energy. These cootie catchers contain the following vocabulary terms about light energy:
♦ Spectrum, Refraction, Prism, Concave lens, Convex lens, Transparent, Translucent, Opaque
Thes
In this lab, students work through 10 different stations to review how light travels (reflect, refract, transmit, and absorb). In my class, I set up 2-3 sets of each station, and students just moved as they finished the station. I made myself mostly available at station one and station seven, since
"An absolute must for the study of light!"
Looking for Simple Science Labs that turn complicated Physical Science Standards into kid-friendly concepts?
Before I begin teaching a Science Unit to my students I look at the standards I’m meant to cover and break them down into “Big Ideas” that the stu
These light energy task cards and game board are perfect for reviewing your study of light energy! There are 24 task cards, answer key, student recording sheet, and a fun game board (color and black and white) included. Just print, laminate (if you choose), cut out the cards, and your students are r
Light vocabulary used: light energy, reflection, refraction, visible spectrum, rainbow, opaque, translucent, transparent, convex lens, concave lens, prism, white light, etc.
**This is also part of my Light Activities BUNDLE!!**
Let students get up and MOVE while you introduce them to LIGHT!! In t
Light vocabulary used: light energy, reflection, refraction, visible spectrum, rainbow, opaque, translucent, transparent, convex lens, concave lens, prism, white light, etc.
*Please note: These activities are intended to be an introduction and review of light and its properties. It includes great n
Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption: Light Energy Foldables
Included are two foldables that review content specific information about Light Energy, including reflection, refraction, and absorption of light. Both foldables use student friendly visuals and fill-in-the blank notes. This product is
Light Energy Vocabulary Puzzles
Use these puzzles to provide interactive and content-targeted sorting practice with light energy vocabulary. Each puzzle includes 4 pieces: vocabulary word, examples/facts, picture, and definition. This is a different take on a standard Frayer Model. Includes a Light
Light Energy Magic School Bus "Gets a Bright Idea" Video Response Worksheet
This kid-friendly video response worksheet about light energy and its properties can be used to assess students' knowledge taught in the Magic School Bus "Gets a Bright Idea" episode. A summary of the episode states:
This engaging assessment asks students to take vocabulary related to light properties and apply their understanding in a comic strip format. Comic strip asks students to use light energy vocabulary such as reflection, transparent, translucent, and opaque.
Purchase includes: Student directions sheet
An Interactive look at light. This animated ebook has audio and text highlighting support if needed. A great science tool that lets students flick on a switch and see how quickly a room lights up. Click on another switch to compare the speed of light to sound. Animations demonstrate the difference b
In this activity, students investigate how light energy can be manipulated, or changed, by different tools and devices to affect the things we see.
Prior to this lab activity, provide students with background information on light energy, the electromagnetic spectrum, absorption, reflection, refract
Light Energy: Reflection and Refraction Picture Sorting Cards
Use these real life pictures to provide students with practice differentiating between reflection and refraction of light energy.
Great for STAAR review
Also included are mini posters that give students a visual reference when used as
**This is the chapter slice "Light Energy" from the full lesson plan "Energy"** Unlock the mysteries of energy! Energy is more than “the ability to do work”; we present these concepts in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. The best way to understand energy is
Help your students to know and understand difficult light energy vocabulary through scientific inquiry! This experiment shows how light travels and enables your students to understand the difference between transparent, translucent, and opaque objects through their own investigations!
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This performance assessment is designed for Grade 1 Physical Science 4-3 Light Energy
Next Generation Science Standards: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies Transformation
1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials
100% planned out 14+ day unit on teaching the basics of light and how it behaves. This unit includes hands on activities, labs, pictures and fun facts about the following: incandescence, bioluminescence, speed of light, concave and convex lenses, concave and convex mirrors, refraction, absorption
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This is the perfect supplemental resource to your hands-on science curriculum. The task cards provide engaging practice with vocabulary and real-world examples of refle
Light Energy: Talk and Trade Task Cards
Set of 18 task cards that ask open-ended questions over light energy. Created to help develop critical thinking skills and deepen understanding of light energy concepts such as: reflection, refraction, transparent, translucent, opaque, lenses, and why we see
Investigate the geometry of light reflection from plane mirrors. Karen Ostlund and Sheryl Mercier team up to take students through scaffolded inquiry (Directed, Guided, and Full Inquiry: Engineering Design). First students discover how decreasing the angle of two plane mirrors increases the number o
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Everything you need to teach a unit on light energy! This packet includes:
12 Color vocabulary posters for the following words: light, eye, opaque, transparent, translucent, refract, reflect, lens, concave, convex, prism, roygbiv
Vocabulary word definition me
Light - Visible spectrum, energy, wavelength, frequency, photons
Want a more FUN and ENGAGING way to help your students review light energy calculations? Well... here's your answer! Calculations with light color by number! A perfect way to help your students prepare for a quiz, review the conten
A light energy lab where students test to see if the light transmits, reflects, absorbs, or refracts. Directions for setup are included.
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Light Energy - Minibook and Activities! This fun and easy resource includes the following:
All About Light Interactive Minibook- Students will read about what light is (including prism and spectrum), how it travels (reflect, refract, absorb), materials that allow light to move through them (transp
This foldable (petal book) will help your students identify the main properties of light energy.
This resource may be used:
-with grades 4-6.
-with whole group, small groups or individual instruction.
This resource is adapted to address different learning styles and was tested in my classroom.
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24 piece clip art set includes colorful images displaying light energy focusing on absorption, reflection and refraction.
The set includes 12 PNG color illustrations, and 12 PNG black line/grayscale versions. These are high resolution (300 dpi) transparent background graphics. No watermarks will ap
This is a 16 slide PowerPoint that describes light energy. Light originates from the sun. When white light is refracted, you can see a spectrum of colors. Each color has a different wavelength. The PowerPoint also describes why you see a tomato as "red" and why the sky is blue.
Light vocabulary used: light energy, reflection, refraction, visible spectrum, rainbow, opaque, translucent, transparent, convex lens, concave lens, prism, white light, etc.
**This is also part of my Light Activities BUNDLE!!**
Light can be a difficult topic for students (and anyone)! Activities s
Light energy centers, demonstrating the different properties of light such as reflection, refraction, and absorption.
Each center asks students to state what they know before the activity, but also to predict what they think will happen, as well as explaining what they observed happening and why th
Teacher notes on light energy. You can have the students follow along and then write notes on the very bottom. I have other items posted on my site that go along with heat, light, and sound. Enjoy!
This PowerPoint can be used as a quiz or a simple discussion starter with your students. It includes pictures and examples of reflection and refraction and then reveals which type that it is as you click through the slides.
This is a 2 page Science Test all about Light: Reflection, Opaque, Transparent, Translucent. PDF and Word Doc. included! (Editable and non-editable)
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Light Energy
Show your students how fun science can be with this fun product. This file has student readings with comprehension questions, worksheets, important vocabulary, lab stations, and research assignments on light.
Topics:
How do we see?
Bioluminescence
What is light?
How do we see color?
This Light Energy unit has 27 integrated, differentiated, and engaging activities, lessons, and writing prompts to supplement your Light Energy unit! This unit covers everything from pitch and volume to frequency and amplitude.
Includes over 75 pages of Light Energy learning resources!
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