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Science of Light

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read about light and click for demonstrations
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/

Mix and Match - Try to match colors by mixing light
Mix and Match (#4 on worksheet)

Afterimage experiment - try it and read the explanation
Bird in a cage (#5 on worksheet)

Try these optical illusion(requires Shockwave)
Optical Illustions from exploratorium.edu (#6 on worksheet)

Test yourself for color blindness
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp

Describes properties of light and has cool interactive demonstrations
Optics for Kids

Fun facts
Science for Kids

You Tube video about light, written for 5th-grade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwMxaC_CHE

Lenses - convex and concave 
Focal Point
YouTube video
http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX78727e747d5e737a705102&t=Light-Optics

It's really for older kids, maybe middle school, but there are examples and
explanations that a 5th grader can understand
Optics 4 Kids

The Franklin Institute's website
http://www.fi.edu/color/

Color and light - you can control the angles and see how prisms and lenses
refract light
Writing is for high school or adults, but animations are cool.
Molecular expressions

Learn about light from a high school physics site!
How much can you understand?
Try the links to "refraction at a boundary" and the "archer fish"
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refrn/u14l1b.cfm

Ontario Science center game - Computer crayons
Computer crayons

Camouflage

http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/scizone/games/camouflage/default.asp

lesson about lenses with a cool experiment
http://janus.shc.edu.bz/in/Alberta_Rotary_TG/Student_Resources/courses/courses/elementary/science4/lessons/Module_03/S3_L13.htm

Your Eyes
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html

Other Resources



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