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Instructional Video1:06
PBS

Visible Light | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Shine a little light on the topic of visible light with a quick video lesson. The lesson highlights the basics of visible light including wavelength and electromagnetic energy. Learners discover how humans' eyes process the...
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Activity
NASA

Build a Light Detector Inspired by Space Communications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Data can travel on light waves ... who knew!?! Pupils explore the idea of using light waves to transmit data through space. They then build their own boards that detect a specific wavelength of light.
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Instructional Video0:46
Curated OER

Light Writer - Sick Science! #037

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A LED light, a camera, and a battery can provide the means to sending hidden messages. This is a demonstration that is bound to captivate your class. You can have learners get into groups after they have watched the video to explain the...
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Canada

Shadow Chasers!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Experiment with light and shadow with a photography lesson. Learners first view several artistic photographs. They then play with different levels of light and various objects, eventually putting together compositions and taking pictures...
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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

How Can You Demonstrate the Different Efficiencies of Different Light Bulbs?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Need a bright idea for an engaging lab? Watch your class light up as they explore the difference in efficiency between incandescent and LED bulbs! The resource makes use of simple materials and encourages learners to infer what's...
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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

What's the Difference Between Blue Light and Red Light?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Finally, an electromagnetic spectrum lab that will get glowing reviews from your class! Explore the nature of light using red and blue LED sources and fantastic phosphorescent paper. Young scientists compare the effects of blue light...
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

See the Light

For Students 6th - 12th
It's time to see the light! Scholars perform three different experiments with light to reveal properties using a great remote learning resource. The pupils see how light reflects from a surface and refracts through different materials....
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Instructional Video4:46
Berkeley University of California

Light Intensity-Geiger Counter

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Light can be broken down into particles similar to atoms! The instructor in the video uses a thought experiment to describe the process of breaking down light into particles and introduces the energy of a photon formula. He then uses a...
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Instructional Video1:53
Berkeley University of California

Light Wave-Particle Duality

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
How can light be both a wave and particle? A video explains the co-existing wave and particle nature of light. Using formulas discussed in previous lessons in the series, the instructor develops the formula that shows the...
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Instructional Video3:06
Deep Look

How Electric Light Changed the Night

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Explore the changes in sleep patterns over time. Pupils learn how the changes in lighting have triggered adaptations in sleep patterns. Modern lighting mimics the light waves of the sun, which suppresses melatonin production and makes...
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Instructional Video6:40
Veritasium

Will This Go Faster Than Light?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light? In a word, no—not so far, at least! Explore the possibilities with a video from Veritasium. The narrator responds to viewer-submitted ideas for creating devices or conditions that...
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Instructional Video4:13
Veritasium

Can You Go the Speed of Light?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is it physically possible to travel at the speed of light? A video in the Veritasium playlist discusses Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The narrator then challenges learners to consider the classic thought experiment: If you travel at...
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Instructional Video4:56
Veritasium

What Causes The Northern Lights? (Aurora Borealis)

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In the arctic circle, some hotels offer aurora borealis wake-up calls so visitors don't miss the northern lights. A Veritasium video explains what causes the northern lights. It also presents many misconceptions people still believe...
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Instructional Video9:30
Be Smart

Can You Bend Light like This?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Looking for instruction that seems more like wizardry? Look no further! Show your scholars some pretty amazing light experiments using a video from a comprehensive science playlist. The narrator performs and explains three simple yet...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy Saving activities Lighting

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study how light emits energy. In this energy savings lesson plan, 8th graders conduct two experiments to find ways to save energy. In one experiment students measure the light in each classroom and make recommendations for...
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Instructional Video4:07
Curated OER

The Visible Spectrum

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A prism breaks light into its seven colors to show the visible spectrum. Colored circles of light are combined to show that the primary colors can be incorporated to create every color imaginable! It seems to end abruptly with a...
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Instructional Video0:57
Curated OER

Infrared Light

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Infrared light is described as a light frequency we are unable to see. This clip shows how infrared works to send an "invisible" signal to turn on the TV. This clip doesn't explain why we can't see infrared but it does raise some...
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Instructional Video2:59
Curated OER

The Science of Light

For Teachers 5th - 8th
We really only see objects that emit light, either on their own or by reflecting light from another source. Past misconceptions of light are illustrated, and current understandings of light illuminated. This could be used as an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Star Light, Star Bright

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Four modules are a part of this stellar lesson plan. Space scientists view the electromagnetic spectrum, they generate waves on a computer screen in order to measure frequency and wavelength, discover how light is related to temperature,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Light

For Teachers 5th
Light is such a fascinating subject. This instructional activity does a great job of illuminating the mysteries of light for your young scientists. A series of demonstrations which are explained in the plan should help your charges to...
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Light in Painting

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
How do painters use and manipulate light in their artwork to give emphasis and establish mood and emotion? Pupils will analyze a few examples of landscape and portrait painting in order to explore the how light is used in art,...
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Instructional Video4:39
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

What Is Light?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Why is light like the Navy? Because they both travel at c. The video explains what light is and what makes visible light different from the rest of the light spectrum. Scholars finish the video enLIGHTened about the concept.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Light Travels Through Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars experiment with materials that allow light to pass through.  In this physical science lesson, students investigate the way light is absorbed by many different glass objects and household items.  Young scholars...
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Instructional Video2:23
Curated OER

Four-Point Lighting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Four-point lighting is an important aspect for photography and videography. Check out this video for a wonderful description and various tips to create your own four-point lit stage.