Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Telescoping Periscope
Ahoy, matey! Here is an engineering expedition that mini mariners are sure to be swept away by! After reading a brief description and history of periscopes, they work in crews to construct one. Use this activity to enhance a lesson on...
Curated OER
Mystery of Mirrors: Discovery Stations
Hands-on stations in which groups of primary learners experience what mirrors can do provide opportunities for experimenting and authentic discovery. Recording their observations in complete sentences seems age-inappropriate. Drawing...
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Under the Sea - Ocean Mammals/Fish
Students explore the similarities and differences between ocean mammals and fish. The characteristics of the life forms observed are placed onto a graph. The classroom becomes the botom of the sea and is explored to gain the required data.
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Of Mice and Men
Eighth graders successfully create a newspaper that reflects the Great Depression Era using texts and clues from the literary work Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Something Permanent by Cynthia Rylant and Walker Evans.
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Elementary Exploration: Seeing the Light
Students use critical thinking skills to learn about light, sound, and matter. Students follow the procedure steps to complete a light, sound, and matter experiment.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Denmark: How Does Light Help Us See Things?
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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Up Periscope!
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
Ingenious: Optics Images
This series of images is a combined collection of over three museums' collections of optics images. The images are sorted by pages with about nine images per page and over ten pages.
Fundación Cientec
Cientec: Instrumentos Para Investigar La Luz
This site shows how to build different instruments to experiment with light. Step by step instructions with pictures are provided.
Curated OER
Looking Over a Fence
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Cut Milk Carton
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Cut Milk Carton
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Cut Diagonal
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Slide Mirror Into Carton
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Stand Cartons Up
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Combine Cartons
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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Tape Cartons and Look!
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.
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How Does It Work?
Children can look around corners with this homemade periscope. Great instructions at this Exploratorium site on how to build a periscope.