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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Identifying the Sun as a Source of Light by Observing Shadows

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate shadows and discover that the sun is a source of light.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: What Are Light and Darkness?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this module, students learn about the different sources of light, what causes darkness, and about shadows.
Article
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Common Light Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
While reviewing various light sources, the source of colors (white, red, yellow, blue) are also discussed. The bouncing of light, the matching of colors, and seeing colors are all highlighted.
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Light Pollution

For Students 4th - 7th
What is light pollution and why should we care about it? Learn what it is, the different types, sources of this type of pollution, the impact it has, and ways to combat it.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Sources of Visible Light

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses primary lighting sources and gives information on the different properties and spectral characteristics of each. Also includes links to some interactive Java applets.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Does the Intensity of Light Change With Distance?

For Students 9th - 10th
How far would you have to travel so that the light of the full sun would provide "daylight" no brighter than twilight on Earth? This project describes a method to verify the inverse square law: how light, sound, electrical signals, and...
Website
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Micro Worlds Project: Advanced Light Source

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) facility and its use in material analysis and medicine.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fundamentals of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the fundamentals of light including its source, how it is defined for measurements, how we perceive color, and the situations that make an...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: How Does Light Help Us See Things?

For Students 4th - 6th
Isabella and Amalie are in Copenhagen, and they saw a periscope in the water. Join them, and find out what this is all about. This module discusses how to use a periscope, what light sources are, and how light impacts shadows.
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My Science Site

Optics: Energy and Control [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive unit including topics such as light and its source, visible sources of light, transparency of objects and much more. Also offers a resource list, blackline masters, and expectation list, expectation summary and a...
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Other

Ohio Dept. Of Education: Lesson Plan: I Can Ask Questions Grade Two

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will explore sources of light in this activity and generate their own questions for further investigation, then find answers.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Let's Explore Light: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will use observations and evidence to describe that objects can only be seen if they are illuminated by an external light source or give off their own light. Media is used to supplement student observations and encourage...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Explore How Light Is Needed to See Things: Interactive Lesson

For Students K - 1st
Explore how light moves and describe how an object in a dark space only becomes visible when light moves into the space and illuminates it. Interactive activities, time-lapse videos, and images are used to enhance student observations as...
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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.
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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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore color, vision, and two-point source interference. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Ejs Simultaneity Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model for examining the simultaneity of two events where the relative velocity and the wave source, either light or sound, can be manipulated.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Light Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are there colors we don't see? This simulation addresses that question by exploring light as an electromagnetic wave. Learn how the electromagnetic wave relates its wavelength and frequency to the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Holt Physics: Brightness of Light

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This probeware version of the Skills Practice Lab Brightness of Light from the chapter Light and Reflection uses a light probe to measure the intensity of light at different distances from a light source.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Characteristics of Light: Light Travels in a Straight Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab experience, the students will be asked questions about characteristics of light and sound and whether these energy sources travel in straight lines. The teacher briefly demonstrates light and sound travel. Students will...
Unit Plan
My Science Site

Light and Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on light as well as links to additional sites on light and optics.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Light Properties

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will investigate how light travels and what it does when it hits an object. Light sources will be used to represent a beam of light. Students will direct the beam toward various objects and materials. Through observations...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Light: A Form of Energy You Can See

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will investigate how light is a form of energy that travels as waves away from the source. The basis for this lesson is taken from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. In the lesson experiments, students will predict if...

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