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Bouncing Sunlight

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use flashlights and balls to demonstrate how the light bounces off of the sun and reflects onto the moon. They record their observations in a journal.
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Light Gathering Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and calculate the light gathering power of lenses. They determine the ability of various lenses and mirrors to gather light.
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How Does Light Travel?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are read The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor or Bear Shadow by Frank Asch. They discuss how the sun affects their daily life, 6th graders are encouraged to think about the light we recieve from the sun and how man has...
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How does the Amount of Light Affect a Photogram?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe pictures of themselves using film and discuss how they think the image is processed to produce a photograph. They are introduced to photogram paper comparing it to photograph paper but understanding that no film is...
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Transformation of Energy-8th Grade

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how electricity is produced in relation to the atom as well as what causes electric current to flow and what determines how much current flows through a circuit. These and other concepts of transformation of energy...
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Who Turned the Lights Out?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the life cycle of butterfly by observing its growth from egg to caterpillar and the formation of its chrysalis. Students conduct an experiment in which they design housing for the chrysalises which are either in full...
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How Much Does it Cost to Light Your School?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the cost of electricity used to light their classrooms. They compute the cost of electricity as well as the number of kilowatt hours of electricity used during the school year. Students compute the number of tons...
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this energy conservation worksheet, students read the poem about saving energy by changing light bulbs to save polar bears. Students may color the bear.
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Where Do Green Plants Get Energy?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders realize that plants need light, water, and carbon dioxide to carry out photosynthesis. They participate in groups of 4 to plant (with materials provided) a test group of beans to compare to the control group, write a...
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Can You See the Light?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students differentiate transparent and translucent. In this physics lesson, students design an experiment to determine which material is more effective in heating container using solar energy. They collect data and share results to class.
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Kit

For Students 7th - 9th
The National Energy Foundation presents this activity, which instructs students to follow directions to connect a solar electric panel to a buzzer. They charge the solar panel to cause the buzzer to sound. The process is repeated with a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

How Are Rainbows Created?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe how the sun's rays produce colors. They describe how water causes the sun's rays of light to bend, producing a rainbow.
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Cameras and Shadows

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover how light creates shadows by photographing them with a camera.  In this sunlight lesson, students utilize the light in the sky to create different shadows of themselves and objects near their classroom, photographing...
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Lighten Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe light as a form of energy, that it can be reflected/bounced, refracted/bent and absorbed. They explore how different types of light affect our lives as a whole. Songs are researched that involve light (ex. "You...
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 10th
If you need summary notes for independent study, or a Powerpoint to review as a class, then these slides will fit your need. There are really great, quite detailed, diagrams and some slides to summarize the 2 stages of reactions in...
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Plants have needs, too!

For Students K - 2nd
Plants can die if they don't get enough sunlight and water. Kindergartners observe a picture of a hanging plant and grass under a tree, and interpret which each plant has died. Next, they grow watercress seeds in wet cotton to compare...
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EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 12

For Teachers 10th Standards
Relationships between characters generate energy that propels the plot and connects events with a central idea. Track character development and meaningful relationships with a literary analysis instructional activity focused on H.G....
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Rochester Institute of Technology

Chemical Reactions and Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
After a discussion of chemical reactions and electricity, scholars break into groups and follow a scripted activity to discover if fruit can power a clock. After a concluding discussion, the class a presented with a challenge.
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NASA

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Science is magic that works. Magical color-changing beads and a coffee can that follows voice commands are just two examples of magic tricks that rely on science. After completing a hands-on activity and an experiment investigating the...
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NASA

Producers Make Their Own Food

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
During an inquiry-based lesson, scholars decide which variable to test and then design an experiment to determine the needs of producers. After two weeks, they complete a full analysis and research paper.
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NASA

Stellar Fingerprints and Doppler Red Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scientists observe the spectra of elements and compare that to the Doppler effect. Hook scholars from the beginning all the way to the extension activities in this 5E-format lesson. 
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Greenhouse in a Bottle

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young atmospheric scientists create models of an atmosphere with and without clouds to determine the effect of cloud cover on Earth's temperatures, as well as figuring out whether dark or light surfaces absorb more energy. You may wish...
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Snow Goggles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars assemble snow goggle models and discuss how snow goggles change the amount of light shining in their eyes.
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Colors of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe the colors found in the flame of a burning candle and examine the basic concepts of matter and energy. Students apply this information to the color's of starts and the temperature of the stars photosphere. Students...

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