Light Interactions
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 4
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Reflection, Refraction, Absorption
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will investigate how the path of light interacts with different objects, causing the straight line of light to reflect or bend (refract) on everyday materials.

  • Other S4P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the nature of light and how light interacts with objects. b. Plan and carry out investigations to describe the path light travels from a light source to a mirror and how it is reflected by the mirror using different angles. c. Plan and carry out an investigation utilizing everyday materials to explore examples of when light is refracted.
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Video : How is Light Absorbed, Reflected, or Refracted?
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: Learn how light rays travel and behave when they come into contact with everyday materials.
Resources : Light
Instructions: Please use these links to learn more about reflection, refraction, and absorption of light. After looking through these resources, take the quiz at the end of the page.
Light- EPIC Reading
Read through this book to learn more about reflection and refraction of light. You will find many experiments that you can do at home with everyday materials to explore what light is, how it travels, and how we see it.
Indoor Rainbow
A great activity to see refraction of light!
Light Reflection and Refraction Sort
Fun sorting game to review reflection and refraction of light!
Light Energy: Reflection or Refraction? Game Show
A fun game to review reflection and refraction of light!
Light
Read through Ms. Jeffcoat's Light page to understand more about reflection, refraction, and absorption of light.
Behavior Of Light Game
Review the behaviors of light with this game similar to Pacman!!
Quiz : Light Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What happens when light hits a shiny or smooth surface?

Question #2

What might explain why light travels in a straight line?

Question #3
Refraction is when light bends as it moves from one substance to another. 
Question #4
Light reflects off a smooth surface the same way it reflects off a rough surface. 
Question #5

When light gets taken in by an object, it is

Question #6
The colors we see are the light that gets reflected off the object. 
Question #7

Light bounces when it is

Question #8

A straw sitting in a glass of water looks broken because light travels more slowely through the water than air. This is an example of __________. 

Question #9

Which of the following is a clear, triangular object that refracts light?

Question #10

When white light passes through a prism, it is broken apart into