Planets
Planets versus Stars
A Star's brightness
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Life Cycle of a Star!
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Science Fair Information
Science Fair Dates:
Monday, January 8th - Project & Title Due (In the form of a question)
Monday, January 8th - Hypothesis/Materials List
Monday, January 15th - Research & Bibliography
Monday, January 15th - Process - Describe your experiment
Friday, January 26th - Conclusion/Final Project/Tri-Fold Board Due
Monday, January 8th - Project & Title Due (In the form of a question)
Monday, January 8th - Hypothesis/Materials List
Monday, January 15th - Research & Bibliography
Monday, January 15th - Process - Describe your experiment
Friday, January 26th - Conclusion/Final Project/Tri-Fold Board Due
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Nature of Light
Click to Run
Interactive science & engineering
(for 9-11 year olds)
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources.htm
Study Jams: Absorb, reflect, refract
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflect-refract.htm
Study Jams: Light
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light.htm
Concave Lens
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/3e9664fa-ba7d-44ae-8d84-239341e8a4b9
Refraction:
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/3120ddba-c285-4ec6-b95c-814724b549ff
Reflection:
http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/3dd8b98a-f61b-4722-b4b3-6801d59ae9ca
BBC Science Clips: Reflection activity:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/see_things.shtml
Shadow hands WONDERFUL:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/wonderfulshadows.html
Color investigation:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/puzzle.html
Optics for Kids
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html
Alien Attacks! -- This is great!
This website provides a terrific, fully interactive, engaging set of games through which the student progresses as he or she learns about light. This resource is from the UK, so students should be aware the the word 'torch' is a synonym for flashlight.
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/alienattack.htm
Insight into Eyesight
This is a fantastic interactive website about how our eyes work. Go through each of the steps!
http://www.bootslearningstore.com/ks2/eyesight.swf
Color Matters
http://www.colormatters.com/kids/index.html
How We See Things -- Song & Animation
The song is funny and the animation is very useful.
http://www.simplescience.net/6f_-_how_we_see.html
Mix and Match -- Exploratorium
You can mix just three colors of light to make over 16 million different colors!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mix_n_match/
Optical Illustions #1
http://www.frontiernet.net/~docbob/ilusion1.htm
Color Cure
This website contains several interactive activity that increase the understanding of color and light.
http://www.colorcube.com/play/play.htm
Optical Illusions #2
http://www.frontiernet.net/~docbob/ilusion2.htm
The Whirling Watcher
Download this great optical activity from the Exploratorium.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/afterschool/activities/index.php?activity=140&firstDisplayedItem=8
Circles of Light -- The Mathematics of Rainbows
How are rainbows formed? Why do they only occur when the sun is behind the observer? If the sun is low on the horizon, at what angle in the sky should we expect to see a rainbow?
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/
Electromagnetic Spectrum Amusement Park -- NASA
This website offers children information about the different forms of light energy.
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/chandra_magic.shtml
Light Facts Page
This link goes to a long information page about light.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040722075858/http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/plight.htm
Magic Factory -- Reflection & Refraction Games
These are soome very good games that apply the principles of how light travels.
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/nmem/magic-factory/index2.html
Science Kids -- How Are Rainbows Formed?
This page contains some good illustrations and text about the science of rainbows.
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/sciencekids/rainbow.html
About Rainbows
This link goes to a page of questions and answers about the science of rainbows.
http://eo.ucar.edu/rainbows/
The Laws of Light
This link goes to three activities that explore how the laws of light affect the way we see things.
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/lawslight/index.html
Reflected Light Activity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/how_we_see_things/play.shtml
Water Cycle: Explain the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, and precipitation).
Interactive Water Cycle Activity:
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-beg.html
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-beg.html
Weather Instrument Practice:
Flashcards and activities:
https://quizlet.com/187716028/weather-instruments-4th-grade-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/187716028/weather-instruments-4th-grade-flash-cards/