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Light Lesson Plans
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Students examine how five different countries use light in their celebrations and festivals. They locate countries on a map, conduct research and prepare a poster for a specific holiday, complete a worksheet, and create a tin lantern.
Eighth graders differentiate apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude scales. In this astronomy lesson, 8th graders rank stars in terms of its brightness as observed from Earth. They explain what a light year is in their own words.
Students discover what types of objects reflect and absorb light. In this science inquiry lesson, students use flashlights to determine whether different objects absorb or reflect light.
Students explore the concept of exponential models. In this exponential models lesson, students analyze light intensity data in three different ways. Students analyze the data using families of functions, difference equations, and linearizing the data. Students use applets to change parameters until the equation they have constructed fits the data. Students linearize the data using logarithms.
Students explain the wave properties of light.
Students work together to develop a school lighting audit plan. They practice using new vocabulary related to an energy audit. They also identify the components of a school lighting audit.
Students investigate the effects of light and temperature on plant growth and development. For this plant growth lesson plan, students use radish plants and cover them with different shades of green and red transparencies and observe their growth over the course of 10-15 days in comparison to plants kept in the dark.
Students use an on line website to simulate the effects of light intensity and wavelength on photosynthesis. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students determine how wavelength of light and intensity of light affect the rate at which photosynthesis takes place. Students monitor the amount of ATP produced and create two graphs using the link, Create a Graph or a spreadsheet. They write their conclusion about the effects of these two variables.
Students demonstrate thier understanding of light composition and reflection using a Techno-K'Nex device. They write a program and demonstrate the programs that control different actions of their K'Nex device.
Students observe an experiment with chloride salts in methanol to view colors. For this light and color lesson, students complete an experiment putting chloride salts in fire and record the results. Students share their results and explain the movement of electrons. Students reflect on their experiments.
