1. Light Vocabulary
Grab the sheet from the front. Think about the following question:
If a room was pitch black, with no light at all, could you see? Why or why not?

2. Visible Light The wave energy we can see Made of many colors
Light waves travel in straight lines

3. Radiant Energy Energy given off by the sun Travels in waves
Another name for light energy

4. Absorb
When light waves enter a substance and change into other forms of energy.
Darker colors absorb more light

5. Reflect
When light waves bounce off something else

6. Refract When light waves bend
Light waves are refracted as they pass through water.

7. Scattering
When a wave is spread or deflected different directions by collisions with particles of the medium.

8. Spectrum
White light is made up of all the colors of the rainbow.

9. ROY G BIV The colors of the rainbow
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Red has the longest wavelengths
(bend the least)
Violet has the shortest wavelengths (bend the most)

10. Prism
A piece of glass or plastic that bends light waves

11. Opaque An object that does not allow light waves to pass through it
You cannot see through these objects

12. Translucent An object that allows a few light waves to pass through it
You can almost see through these objects.

13. Transparent An object that allows light waves to pass through
You can see through these objects

14. You are riding in the car after a rainstorm and see a rainbow.
Directions: Match each scenario and image with the correct term. Use the following terms: Dispersion, Reflection, Refraction, and Scattering
You go to the fair and see yourself in a mirror that makes you look shorter than you are.
You go to the park and see pennies in the fountain and they look larger than they really are.
You are at the pool with your friends and you notice that you can see yourself in their sunglasses.
You are riding in the car after a rainstorm and see a rainbow.

15. Directions: Match each scenario and image with the correct term
Directions: Match each scenario and image with the correct term. Use the following terms: Reflection, Refraction, and Scattering

16. Today we will be going to the downstairs computer lab
Today we will be going to the downstairs computer lab. Grab the sheet from the front and begin reading over it.
Read Light with Max Show: Light, Sciecne SimulatiAxiom; Discovery Ed - Whaddya Know Game on: Light, How to Light Up a room exploration  - BYOD

17. Please find your Bill Nye Sheet and your Max Axiom sheet.
Today we will be watching Bill Nye: Lights and Colors and then spending the other half of class finishing our assignments from yesterday.

18. You will need a pencil and your science notebook.
Today we will be completing light experiments to show what we have learned this unit.
You will need a pencil and your science notebook.
Write your name on the top of it.
Think-Pair-Share with a neighbor on the important vocab words this unit and what they mean. Also, recall proper lab behavior.
Quiz Tomorrow on Light.

19. Light Quiz today! Get in groups of 4 for todays game.
Come up with a team name – catch: it has to do with light
Clear everything off the desks
You need one whiteboard and one marker per group