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Pictures Please: Traveling Light

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Learners investigate how light travels. In this optic science lesson plan, students discover that light travels in a straight line through a laser pointer demonstration. Learners also study how pinhole cameras work by considering how light travels. Images, diagrams, and background information are included.

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cameras, Photography, pinhole cameras, optics

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camera, light travel, optics, pinhole camera, science
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Grade
4th - 5th
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Science
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