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Can You Bend Light like This? Instructional VideoCan You Bend Light like This? Instructional Video
Publisher
Be Smart
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:30
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
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Year
2018
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Can You Bend Light like This?

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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 effective experiments.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

light, visible light, shadows, diffraction, space-time, mass, lenses, eyes, the brain, cameras

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the resource to introduce an individual light-themed project
  • Have students come up with their own wizard-like light tricks to perform and explain

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should have some prior knowledge of lenses and how the human eye works before watching the video
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Excellent camera work ensures viewers see every detail of each experiment
  • Every experiment is easy for pupils to perform on their own

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.9-10.2

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