The unit leads students through a series of carefully sequenced activities that introduces them to the behavior of light, its properties, and its many uses. Lessons are divided into 3 sections:
- Nature of Light-Students examine the sources of light, its travel in straight lines, shadows, and the application of the principles of its travel in a pinhole camera.
- Reflection and Refraction-Students investigate the reflection of light from plane and curved mirrors and the refraction through various media.
- Using Light-Students use combinations of lenses to construct simple optical devices, such as a telescope and periscope.
Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's Guide, a Teacher's Tools CD, 16 reusable Student Guides, and the materials needed for a class of 32. Refurbishment Set replenishes kit consumables. Kids Discover Nonfiction Readers are sold separately.
