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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Light and Photosynthetic Pigments

For Students 9th - 10th
What is light energy? Here we'll learn about the properties of light and how pigments such as chlorophylls absorb light energy.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Organic Solar Energy and Berries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about how a device made with dye from a plant, specifically cherries, blackberries, raspberries and/or black currents, can be used to convert light energy into electrical energy. They do this by building their own organic...
Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Delve into myths your students might hold about photosynthesis in this video. Help your students gain a better understanding of photosynthesis reactions and how plants use light energy for nutrition and growth.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Light and Temperature

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive tool where students can create a model of a greenhouse and use a light sensor to measure the amount of light it receives from a lamp at various times of the day. Temperature is also measured. Data is plotted on graphs,...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Energy in Everyday Life

For Students K - 1st
In this interactive module students will identify, explore, and evaluate light, heat, and sound energy.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Increasing and Decreasing Energy

For Students 1st - 3rd
This tutorial will review over heat, light, and sound energy through interactive activities, videos, and quizzes.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: See the Light

For Students 3rd - 8th
Reflection, refraction, and the colors that make up white light is explored through lab activities after reading a brief background about light energy.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Light

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary for understanding light energy.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Netherlands: How Does Light Travel?

For Students 4th - 6th
Sara and Finn are finding out how light travels. Join them, and learn the nature of light energy.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Forms of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will investigate examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Light Dependent Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the light-dependent reactions as they take place during photosynthesis in plants. Traces how light energy is used to make ATP and NADPH and explains photosystems and electron transport chains.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Heat and Light From Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand the energy transformations that happens when you light a bulb with a battery. Activity requires students to build a simple circuit and take temperature and time measurements. Lab includes procedure with questions that can be...
Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Light

For Students 3rd - 8th
Light is a form of energy. We see it in many different forms all around us. It's the sunlight that pours through your bedroom window and wakes you up. Images and in-depth information on light can all be accessed in this article.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Absorption of Radiant Energy by Different Colors

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science fair project, use an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of differently colored paper exposed to sunlight, and calculate energy emission using the Stefan-Boltzmann equation. Find discussion questions, a list...
Lesson Plan
Space Telescope Science Institute

Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online exploration provides an opportunity to identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Correlate images from the Hubble Telescope to the wavelength,...
Website
US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Savers

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information on everything from buying energy-efficient products to using the proper landscaping for particular climates to conserve resources. Starting with an energy assessment, this website will help users reduce their consumption...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Light Waves: Interactive Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Light is all around you, with wavelengths bigger than mountains and smaller than atoms. Learn about light waves, and the ways in which light interacts with matter, with this lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.2 Thermal Energy

For Teachers 6th
This Thermal Energy unit has students investigating two ways to transfer energy into a drink: (1) the absorption of light and (2) thermal energy from the warmer air around the drink. They are then challenged to design their own drink...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Activation Energy Kickstarting Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemical reactions are constantly happening in your body - even at this very moment. But what catalyzes these important reactions? Vance Kite explains how enzymes assist the process, while providing a light-hearted way to remember how...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy: Machines, Motion and Light

For Students 9th - 10th
An introductory lesson describing the definition of energy, and highlighting different sources of usable energy.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Light and Shadows Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information about light and shadows. In addition, there is a short quiz that can be taken.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Energy Defined Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about energy basics.
Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Solar Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Engage in the activities provided to learn how you can use the sun as a source of energy. Click on the links for further exploration.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stations of Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student groups rotate through four stations to examine light energy behavior: refraction, magnification, prisms and polarization. They see how a beam of light is refracted (bent) through various transparent mediums. While learning how a...

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