Objective

This set of activities is designed to draw upon what students know about the concept Light and build upon their knowledge. Ideally, students will find out things that surprise them and shake prior conceptions but will ultimately result in the assimilation of their new understandings as they build new knowledge.

Prescribed Learning Outcomes:

  • makes predictions, supported by reasons relevant to the content
  • uses data from investigations to recognize patterns and relationships and reach     conclusions
  • identifies sources of light
  • identifies properties of light