Light, Energ

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ColorMST Inquiry Unit by Francene LeonceGrade Level: Four Ed 713.22 --- Spring 09

Dr. Sharon Anne O'Connor-Petruso

ContentsMST Inquiry Unit Lessons

Lesson #1 Power ! Power! We need more power!

Lesson #2All Hail the Sun!

Lesson #3Sunlight, rainbow bright!

Lesson #4Light tricks!

Lesson #5 Me and my shadow!

Lesson #6Recycling with our eyes closed!

Three MST Lessons

Power ! Power! We need more power!What is energy? How is energy transferred?

Scavenger hunt/ Web 2.0 resourcePet Skill-Mathematical

Representation

All Hail the Sun!What is our primary source of energy and

light? Could we survive without the sun?One graphic organizer/teachertube

tutorial

Me and my Shadow!Why is my shadow always changing on me?

Pet Manipulative Skill (Task 2)Mathematical Representation

SCAVENGER HUNTPower! Power! We need more

power!

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Power! Power! We Need More Power! Scavenger Hunt /Web 2.0

http://lightenergyandcolor.wikispaces.com/

Graphic OrganizerAll Hail the Sun!

How do we use the sun’s energy?

Rationale:Students will be able to graphically

illustrate what they have learned about the sun. Rather than write or draw their findings, they will use the kidspiration website to report their findings.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=98164

All Hail the Sun!

Sun Facts

Plants need the sun to get energy through photosynthesis.

The sun is 93 millionmiles away from the earth.

Ths sun is the earth’s closest star.

The sun is a light source.

We need light to be able to see.

The sun is a major part of our food cycle.

Mathematical Representation Me and My Shadow!

My shadowby Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow--Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,And he sometimes goes so little that there's none of him at all.

He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.He stays so close behind me, he's a coward you can see;I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the Sun was up,I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

Graphing Me and My Partner's Shadow

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2 1:00 54

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2 2:00 56

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2 3:00 58

Sunlight, Rainbow Bright!

The many colors of sunlight.

Click icon to add pictureRoy G. BivRoy G. Biv is an

Odd name for a fellow.But what his name

means is:Red, Orange, YellowThe G is for GreenWhich as you may

knowComes right in the

middleOf every rainbow.

Next: Blue and IndigoMore pale than darkThen V for violet--

And that completes the arc!

 

http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/color1/color1.html

Light Tricks

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/alienattack/alienattacklink.htm

Filamentality website

Rationale: The website was designed to provide an

internet safe and instructional way for students to be able to use the technological highway to retrieve information. The site provides students with approved, accepted references for their research. It also provides varied opportunities for students of all perceptual modalities to be engaged as they learn about the topic of light, energy and color.

www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listlightenfl.html

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