Lesson
Grades
- 6
This lesson/lab allows the students to explore light and sound waves through media, articles, and classroom lab. The students will research, test, and draw conclusions about their findings.
Sound & Light
Lesson
Grades
- Kindergarten
Students will explore how sunlight warms objects and then design and build a simple shade structure to protect a chocolate "s'more" from melting in the sun. This hands-on activity introduces the...
Lesson
Grades
- 4
Through the eyes of a director on a TV set, students will experience how lighting plays a role in production while more deeply investigating the STEM behind the profession of director.
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
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- 12
Dr. Charles Townes, a scientist and a Nobel Prize Winner, and the inventor of the laser, answers a student's question about how he became a scientist. He says it began with his interest in nature and...
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
Students will play the role of the audio engineer who monitors and adjusts the audio levels for a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real work...
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
The Lighting Designer creates the stage lighting for the performance. Students will play the role of a lighting designer to understand that the lighting designer creates stage lighting for...
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
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- 12
To understand sound, you first need to understand matter. Everything is made up of matter. Learn more in the simulation above.
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
The speed at which sound travels from one place to another depends upon the medium and how closely packed the molecules are in the matter. Learn more about how sound travels from the simulation.
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
The Sun is a natural source of visible light waves. Our eyes see the reflection of the sunlight off the objects around us. Check out the simulation to learn more about scattering light.
Interactive
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
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- 12
In the activity, choose a color to find out why objects appear in a particular color.