Everyday Physical Science Experiments With Light

Offers experiments and activities to explain the properties of light and sound.

Provides information and instructions for five science experiments, including a periscope and fun with shadows, illustrating different properties of light.

What are sticky, slimy, slippery, and wet all over?

Suggests experiments and activities that demonstrate the properties of gases.

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With the prevalence of artificial light in our modern daily lives, its many incredible forms can be taken for granted. This illuminating title will help readers understand the many remarkable properties of light through ten memorable hands-on activities. These include creating a rainbow and serving water that lights up using only household materials. Step-by-step instructions and vivid illustrations guide readers through each project, and accessible text connects each experiment to science curricula concepts including physics, light, reflection, and angles.

Ever look at the sky and wonder what makes it so blue? Or watch shadows shrink and grow as the day goes on? Find out the answers to these questions (plus 38 more!) with a book that explores color and light. Shine a Light on Light Itself! From mesmerizing colored shadows to groovy glow-stick dissections, from totally cool laser play to DIY kaleidoscopic reflections, Exploring the Science of Light is a kid-friendly, hands-on discovery guide for investigating light, color, and optics. Brought to you by the world’s most beloved and fun-filled laboratory of all, the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

What can make a ball roll faster? Does the temperature of wood affect the heat of a fire? How can old-fashioned tin can telephones teach today's students about sound and technology? By presenting everyday mysteries like these, this book will motivate your students to carry out hands-on science investigations and actually care about the results. The 21 open-ended mysteries focus exclusively on physical science, including motion, friction, temperature, forces, and sound. The stories come with lists of science concepts to explore, grade-appropriate strategies for using them, and explanations of how the lessons align with national standards. They also relieve you of the tiring work of designing inquiry lessons from scratch.