Can you block the beam of light? Students will investigate what happens to light beams when you put objects in its way. These tests will allow them to learn new vocabulary (translucent, transparent, opaque) and discover how these terms...

This resource provides information about light and shadows. In addition, there is a short quiz that can be taken.

This is the first lesson of this unit to introduce light. In this lesson, young scholars learn the five words that describe how light interacts with objects: "transparent," "translucent," "opaque," "reflection" and "refraction."

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the characteristics of light and its properties. Students are given examples of reflection, refraction, and lens types. An assessment component is included.

In this activity, students examine various materials and investigate how they interact with light. Students use five new vocabulary words (translucent, transparent, opaque, reflection and refraction) to describe how light interacts with...

Students will have an opportunity to explore the school during a hunt for 3 materials that allow different amounts of light to pass through. Included in this lesson plan are videos showing the lesson plan in progress, examples of...

Kids learn about the science of light. Energy made of waves and particles called photons traveling at the top speed in the universe. What is refraction? The difference between transparent, translucent, and opaque.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth graders to the science of light. Principles such as transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, and refraction are covered. Concave and convex mirrors and lenses are...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit introduces the relationship between light, an object and the formation of shadows.

The definitions of transparent, translucent, and opaque can be found here. The article explains how the density of a material and its ability to absorb light determine which of these three properties it has. A list of examples is given...

This lesson will explain why objects have different colors.

Learn about the properties of materials in their interactions with light, including whether they are opaque, transparent, or translucent, and which of these produce shadows.

Students learn that fats found in the foods we eat are not all the same; they discover that physical properties of materials are related to their chemical structures. Provided with several samples of commonly used fats with different...