Light Energy Unit | Hands-on Science Activities & Assessment
Brenda Kovich
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- Four complete units offer dozens of hands-on activities and stations for exploring these forms: thermal energy, electricity, light and sound. Review, assessment, and video links are also included. These modules were specially created for teachers who embrace active learning. Students make observati$24.00$30.00Save $6.00
- Energize your study of light and sound energy with hands-on science activities and corresponding video links! Lesson plans, lab sheets, companion websites, flash cards, review sheet, and assessment are all included in this bundle. Students explore scientific concepts through hands-on exploration. Th$12.00$16.00Save $4.00
Learning Objective
Students will understand the properties of light.
Description
At home or school, kids explore light concepts with five sets of hands-on activities. This energy unit includes lesson plans, lab sheets, video links, flash cards, review sheet, assessment, and extension activities.
To engage students with science during blended or distance learning, three digital options are included:
- A parallel webpage shows parents how to do the activities at home. A link to the webpage is included in this resource and can also be purchased separately.
- You can create TpT Digital Activities and share them with your students online. To make your life easier, student pages have been customized with answer boxes. They can respond by typing, writing, drawing, and highlighting.
Students explore scientific concepts through hands-on exploration. Then they make their own generalizations. A set of video links allows further exploration and clarifies concepts.
Basic Concepts Explored:
- How Does Light Travel?
- Which Materials Are Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque?
- Which Materials Reflect?
- What Is Refraction?
- What Is Color?
For each guiding question, students conduct two or three simple (but powerful) experiments and make generalizations. Most materials are commonly found in the classroom and home. (See the preview for the entire list.)
Extensions:
This resource includes five engaging extension activities. Your students will love exploring colors and shadows with these active learning experiences. Color photographs make it easy for teachers to set up stations, activities, and experiments.
- Use scientific inquiry to make white light with flashlights and colored cellophane.
- Tape construction paper in primary colors to a CD and spin it.
- Use washable markers to draw circles on coffee filters. Then they dip the filter in water to see what happens. Using a fair test brings added value to this chromatography activity.
- Make animal shape shadows with your hands.
- Explore shadows and the position of the sun. Students draw one another's shadows every few hours. For more fun, play shadow tag!
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I'm committed to continual improvement. This unit was updated and enhanced on April 13, 2020.
Indiana Academic Standards for Science 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6
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