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Let’s Explore Light

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Let’s Explore Light

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac18-k2-sci-ps-explorelight-lp/lets-explore-light/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Investigate sources of light and use various media such as time-lapse and live-action videos and a digital game to explore how objects in darkness can only be visible when they are illuminated by light. This lesson includes an interactive lesson that allows students to get a close-up view of how light moves away from a source and changes directions when its path is blocked by an object and encourages students to analyze evidence that shows how light interacts with objects of different materials.

This resource was developed through WGBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 1

2 ) Construct explanations from observations that objects can be seen only when light is available to illuminate them (e.g., moon being illuminated by the sun, colors and patterns in a kaleidoscope being illuminated when held toward a light).

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Disciplinary Core Idea: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Explain based on observations that objects can be seen only when there is a light source.

Teacher Vocabulary:

light
illuminate
construct
explanation
observation
available
objects

Knowledge:

Students know:

Light comes from different sources (natural/man-made).
Objects can be seen only when there is a light source.
Objects can be seen if they give off their own light.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Gather evidence from observations to support the explanation that objects can only be seen when illuminated.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Objects can be seen only when a light source causes it to be illuminated.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Sound, Light, and Sky
Sound and Light, FOSS
Sundial, GLOBE
Sky, Delta

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.1.2- Recognize that light illuminates objects so they can be seen.

Tags:

darkness, illuminate, light

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Let’s Explore Light