ENERGY QUEST: LIGHT
ENERGY QUEST: LIGHT
Enhance your students’ understanding of the nature of light with this “enlightening” program, which introduces light as a form of energy. Students will conduct hands-on experiments into the properties of light, how it is affected by lenses, mirrors, and prisms, and explore concepts such as refraction, reflection, absorption, opaque, translucent and transparent.
Field Trip - APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS
30 MINUTES – INTRODUCTION IN THEATER
– Introduce characteristics of light
– Demonstration of properties of light using a laser
30 MINUTES – LAB
– Explore the properties of both colored and white light, and how reflections change using various types of mirrors (concave, convex and plane)
– Investigate the creation of white light using colored light, as well as using various lens shapes to determine their appropriate use
– Test the effects everyday objects have on light
30 MINUTES – STORE AND TREE ACTIVITY
– Discuss light travelling through colored filters
– Review reflection, refraction, absorption, transparent, translucent and opaque concepts
30 MINUTES – GALLERY TIME
– Visit and explore Collins Family My Big Backyard focusing on the greenhouse and light activities
TAKE HOME ITEMS
– Blue filter glasses with “secret” riddle card
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