Station A

LUMINOUS VS NONLUMINOUS LIGHT SOURCES

Cut out the sources of light and glue into your notebooks under two separate columns. Copy down the definitions of luminous vs. non-luminous. Add any other examples you can think of.

Station B

TRANSPARENT, TRANSLUCENT, OPAQUE

Cut out the windows along the dotted lines and tape the appropriate materials to the back of each window. Label as transparent, translucent or opaque, and write what these terms mean in the space below. Shine a light through each different piece of material and write your observations.

Station C

Place the toy spider in the center of the bowl. Take a step back until you can see the spider. Try to touch it. Is it there? Explain what is happening.

Station D

Look at yourself in the makeup mirror. Flip the mirror and look at yourself on the other side. What do you notice? Can you explain any differences you see? What do you hypothesize about the mirrors?

Station E

Ask your teacher to use a laser pen to shine a laser through the rectangular prism and the curved plastic tube. What do you notice? How would you explain what you see?

Station F

Hold the crystal ball in the air above a white piece of paper and shine the light from the ray box on it. What observations do you have? Why do you see what you see? Light the 4 basic properties of light (pg.181)

Station G

Plug in the ray box and shine the light onto the CD. Move the CD around. What do you see? Can you make a statement about light and colour? Using pencil crayons, make a coloured drawing of the rainbow and label each colour.