Lesson Idea | Light Science and Kaleidoscopes
Provider: The Ohio State University
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Selected for its hands-on approach to teaching light, reflection, and symmetry through an engaging kaleidoscope-building activity
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A kaleidoscope creates colorful patterns by using mirrors to reflect light, colors, and shapes repeatedly. In the activity, participants build a kaleidoscope using beads, a mirror board, a cardboard tube, an ornament ball, and tape. They learn how reflection creates symmetrical patterns and how visible light ranges from about 400 nm (blue) to 700 nm (red). The lesson also introduces ultraviolet light, mandalas, and careers related to light, including astronomy and optics.
Learning Standards
• 3.PS.3
• 5.ESS.2
• 5.PS.2
• 1-PS4-2
• 1-PS4-3
• 4-PS4-2
Lesson Idea | Light Science and Kaleidoscopes
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