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Help your students explore light wave behavior with the Reflection and Refraction Virtual Lab Activity with Guided Student Worksheets & PhET Simulation!

Designed to promote scientific inquiry, this no-prep interactive virtual lab activity allows students to explore how light waves are reflected and refracted using an NGSS-aligned phenomena-based science simulation! The student worksheet guides students through the simulation to ensure comprehension and understanding, while also encouraging students to make predictions, observations, analyze data, and form conclusions. Check out the preview to see more!

Skills Students Will Practice:

⚗️ Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Reflection & Refraction

⚗️ Describe how the Index of Refraction impacts the Angle of Light

⚗️ Analyze how White & Colored Light Refracts in a Prism

⚗️ Explain the Relationship between Wavelength & Angle of Refraction

⭐ This Activity is Perfect for:

⚗️ Middle school and high school science lessons

⚗️ NGSS-aligned science instruction

⚗️ Virtual labs for blended, digital, or distance learning

⚗️ Sub plans, enrichment, or independent practice

NOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from PhET Simulations. Check it out below!

Bending Light

Purchase includes the 3-page Student Worksheet (PDF), 3-page Teacher Answer Key (PDF), and 3-page Digital Student Worksheet (Google Slides) that is hyperlinked in the Teacher Answer Key.

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Bending Light Virtual Lab Worksheets | Bending Light Inquiry PhET Simulations

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Teaching Duration
50 minutes

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Description

Help your students explore light wave behavior with the Reflection and Refraction Virtual Lab Activity with Guided Student Worksheets & PhET Simulation!

Designed to promote scientific inquiry, this no-prep interactive virtual lab activity allows students to explore how light waves are reflected and refracted using an NGSS-aligned phenomena-based science simulation! The student worksheet guides students through the simulation to ensure comprehension and understanding, while also encouraging students to make predictions, observations, analyze data, and form conclusions. Check out the preview to see more!

Skills Students Will Practice:

⚗️ Test their Pre-Existing Knowledge of Reflection & Refraction

⚗️ Describe how the Index of Refraction impacts the Angle of Light

⚗️ Analyze how White & Colored Light Refracts in a Prism

⚗️ Explain the Relationship between Wavelength & Angle of Refraction

⭐ This Activity is Perfect for:

⚗️ Middle school and high school science lessons

⚗️ NGSS-aligned science instruction

⚗️ Virtual labs for blended, digital, or distance learning

⚗️ Sub plans, enrichment, or independent practice

NOTE: This activity links to the free Interactive from PhET Simulations. Check it out below!

Bending Light

Purchase includes the 3-page Student Worksheet (PDF), 3-page Teacher Answer Key (PDF), and 3-page Digital Student Worksheet (Google Slides) that is hyperlinked in the Teacher Answer Key.

Looking for more Waves Virtual Labs? Shop these products

⚗️ Introduction to Waves Guided Virtual Science Lab Activity

⚗️ Visible Light & Color Guided Virtual Science Lab Activity

⚗️ Sound Waves Guided Virtual Science Lab Activity

❗Permission is granted to copy pages specifically for student or teacher use only by the original purchaser or licensee. The reproduction of this product for any other use is strictly prohibited. Copying this product in any part and placing it on the Internet (even on a personal website) is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA).

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NGSSMS-PS4-2
Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. Emphasis is on both light and mechanical waves. Examples of models could include drawings, simulations, and written descriptions. Assessment is limited to qualitative applications pertaining to light and mechanical waves.
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