Participants travel to different stations to learn about visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light and discover that "invisible" light is just as real as "visible" light!
|Hints for uses in your library||This fun, station-based activity demostrates three wavelengths of light through four different stations. The activity guide takes a more formal approach, but it can easily be adapted to a library setting by forgoing the worksheets (and instead encouraging verbal observations and conversations with peers). If you are uncomfortable with the subject matter, consider showing a video from the "Related Links" and having a discussion with participants about what they already know about light. Also, if you are low on time or materials, you can choose just one of the infrared stations. Be sure to check the "How-To Video" for helpful tips from NASA on creating the receiver circuit.|
Light: Crash Course Astronomy
What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
NASA on Visible Light
NASA on Exploring Light and Color
The Sun by NASA
|Originating Source||NASA GSFC|
[Suggest a book]
What are Light Waves?
The Science of Light Waves
The Game of Light