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Looking Blue

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Young scholars participate in a research project that is exclusively using the internet. The author states that traditional labs are hard to conduct for a light lab. This one uses the internet with the intention that students can manipulate the variables easily to increase discovery potential.

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the internet, prisms

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internet, manipulate, prism, scattering light, science
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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