Explore how mirrors reverse images and how curved mirrors change your reflection, make light mazes and a kaleidoscope with mirrors, split sunlight, discover the power of polarization, learn about colors in clear soap bubbles, and so much more in this exciting kit from Home Science Adventures. The Wonders of Light unit includes everything for 1-2 students to complete the activities. Student materials are reproducible for family use. Included in the Home Science Adventures Complete Kit II along with Microscopic Explorations and Discovering Insects.
Wonders of Light Unit
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004428
Grade 1-8
Montessori (Discovery)
Neutral
High Teacher Involvement
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
No other materials needed
Conceptual/Topical
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Everything you need is included.
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Our Price
$35.00 Product Overview
- Engaging hands-on activities with no parent prep!
- Guides students to bring many of the universe’s mysteries into the “Light”
- Sixteen lessons and supplies to complete thirty-two activities are included
Description
Publisher's Description of Wonders of Light Unit
In THE WONDERS OF LIGHT you will:
EXPLORE OPTICS WITH LENSES, MIRRORS AND MORE
Everything you need is included in the kit:
EXPLORE OPTICS WITH LENSES, MIRRORS AND MORE
- Project Real Images with the magnifier
- SPLIT SUNLIGHT into all the colors of the rainbow.
- Now you see it, now you don't with the refraction box.
- Make light MAZES and KALEIDOSCOPES with the mirrors.
- Transform the night into hundreds of colored lights with RAINBOW GLASSES.
- Discover the POWER OF POLARIZATION in revealing colors in tape.
- Learn about the colors in clear soap bubbles.
- Experience the EERIE GLOW of chemical light.
- Includes a parent guide
- Enough equipment for two children working together.
- Grades 2-8.
Everything you need is included in the kit:
- 2 plastic mirrors with mirror stands
- 4 neon index cards
- 1 acrylic WATER PRISM (Refraction Box)
- 1 double-lens magnifier
- 2 large craft sticks
- 2 straws
- 2 paper cups
- 1 penny
- 2 pairs of Rainbow Glasses (Diffraction Gratings)
- 1 bubble solution & wand
- 10 ultraviolet light sensitive beads
- 3 polarizing filters
- 1 roll of polarizing cellophane tape
- 1 acetate sheet
- 2 glow-in-the-dark star shapes
- 1 CHEMILUMINESCENT light stick
Category Description for Individual Home Science Adventure Kits
Please note that the Astronomy Adventure and Discovering Birds units both include upgraded binoculars.
Details
| Product Format: | Kit |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 1-8 |
| Brand: | Stratton House |
| Length in Inches: | 13.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 10 |
| Height in Inches: | 2.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.125 |
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