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Why Does the Bulb Light When There is Flow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze light bulbs and their design. They create filaments and build a circuit for testing the filaments. Through experimentation, students discover how filament wire works. They explore the role of protons, electrons, and...
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When the Lights Go Out!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify coal as the primary fuel used to generate electricity. After discussing coal's use in the generation of electricity, have students complete "When the Light Go Out" worksheet.
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Light Microscopes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the parts of a light microscope, and its proper use. They identify each part and explain why it is important to know how to use this tool. They practice observing newsprint on a wet mount slide.
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Sugar and Light

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers connect starch to sugar as the storage form of energy. They find that no starch is produced in the plant without light. Students perform the old favorite of looking at starch deposition in geranium leaves using Lugol's...
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Looking at the World in a Different Light Quiz

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in a quiz about light, colors and wavelength.  In this investigative lesson students use the Internet to take a quiz on light. 
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Color

For Students 6th - 7th
In this colors of light worksheet, students read information about color and list in order the 7 colors of light. Students answer 4 questions and draw colored ray diagrams to explain the answers.
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Albert Schweitzer: Darkness And Light

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary which examines the life and work of Albert Schweitzer. Specifically, it explores the controversy surrounding Schweitzer. Darkness and Light would be useful for classes on World History, African History and...
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Engineering: Lego Cars and Light Sensors

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students build Lego cars with attached light sensors. They program the car to enter a tunnel and reverse out when it records a darker light reading.
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Introduction to Light Sensors

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners work together to analyze the information from a light sensor. They develop their own hypothesis and analyze the data they have collected. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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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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Drawing with Light

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are introduced to the technique of drawing with light. Using photographs, they identify the origins, technical and stylistic developments in photography. They create their own drawings with an emphasis on light and share them...
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How Much Does it Cost to Light Your School?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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 of coal...
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Looking at the World in a Different Light

For Teachers 7th
In this activity, 7th graders relate colors to wavelengths of light; explain how we see colors and describe types of waves and their technological applications. Students go through a tour and answers questions to the quiz as they go...
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Thanks for Lighting Up Our School Writer's Page

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Christmas worksheet, students write a thank you note to a person who "lights" up the school. They see a string of Christmas lights that go across the page with the words, "Thanks for Lighting Up our School."
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LEARN NOT TO BURN!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe the effect of different filter thickness on ultraviolet radiation and discover that ultraviolet radiation is necessary for the production and destruction of ozone.
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Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in an inquiry activity. They relate the structure of an appendage to its function. They describe how a deepwater organism to its environment without bright light.
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Electromagnetic Energy and Its Spectrum

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explain how electromagnetic radiation travel in space. In this physics instructional activity, students design and implement an experiment to reduce UV exposure. They discuss and share their findings in class.
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Picture This!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast different types of light on the electromagnetic spectrum.  In this investigative lesson students create a photographic image that demonstrates the infrared, ultraviolet and polarization phenomena. 
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The Invisible Zoo

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students differentiate cold and warm-blooded animals using infrared images. In this physics instructional activity, students compare the images formed by infrared and visible light. They explain how scientists use infrared technology to...
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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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Tread Lightly: Visualizing Footprints

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The student reflects on concepts of ecological footprints and climate changes. In this Art lesson, students will produce a visual representation showing understanding of how ecology and climate affects the world.
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Sight and Light

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the eyeball and its parts.  In this sight lesson plan students divide into groups and complete a lab activity that includes creating a model.
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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,...
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You Light Up My House

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this electricity lesson, students consider way to reduce the energy that they use as they chart and analyze their own electricity usage.

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