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Optics.
Robert Gardner. Yesterday's Science, Today's Technology Science Activities series. New York, N.Y.: Twenty-First Century Books, 1994.
Recommended grade level:
6-8.
Optics, an activity book in a series written for students, contains 15 activities for investigating scientific principles and technology involved in optics. Students learn about topics such as light and color, how light travels, reflections, refraction, sight, cameras, and color combinations. Among the activities, for example, they build a small camera obscura, design and construct a periscope, and make a microscope from 2 convex lenses. They also construct an apparatus to show that water can be used as a light guide, and they learn about the mathematics of color by experimenting with colored water in plastic tumblers.
For each activity in Optics, students read a brief historical or science background section. Colorful illustrations, together with directions and questions in the narrative, then guide them through the activities. Although students can do most of the activities without supervision, the materials involved in several may require the assistance of adults. The book includes a list of 9 follow-up activities and ideas; some of them might be appropriate for science fair projects.
Price:
$16.98 (ISBN 0-8050-2852-8).
Publisher/supplier:
Von Holtzbrinck (VHPS).
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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Reflection, Physical Sciences: Sound and Light, ~ Lenses and Mirrors, ~ Light, ~ Personal Science Laboratory Light Experiments,
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