Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Winter Science and Light



This week in Salamander class I have 2 classes of them on Friday and 2 more on Saturday, so I definitely am going to have to do some fun experiments.

On Friday, I will review the Final Exam they took a few days ago, then we will make Magical Crystal Snowflakes, using some Borax.


On Saturday, our crystal snowflakes will be finished growing and ready to take home. In this weekend class(making up for an extra day off in February) I will introduce Chapter 12, Lesson 3 on "Light" and then do a fun activity using Nativity characters and shadow puppets. We will have a Christmas shadow puppet theater that is science, Christmas and fun.

Goal of the class:
  • I can identify what light is made of.
  • I can identify the properties of light.
Vocabulary: (Quiz yourself here.) Watch a Bill Nye Video  or play a Sid the Science Kid game.
  • light 光線
  • reflect 反射
  • shadow 陰影
  • to block 堵住
  • to pass through 通過
  • to separate ()
  • filter 濾光鏡
  • to let through 使通過




Comprehension Check:


 1.    Did you know that _____ energy helps you see things?
2.   Some lights comes from ____ and flashlights.
3.   Most light on Earth comes from the _____.
4.   Light _____ off of objects and goes into our eyes to help us see.
5.   The dark area made when something is blocking light is called a ______.
6. Some _____ objects can block light and make shadows.

Nativity shadow puppets, a lesson in Light

Post Class:

The Blue crystals formed better than the green ones. I think having a lighter colored pipe cleaner would look better. Her are some photos of the kids with their crystal snowflakes:



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