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  • FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:


    We are FOCUSING on identifying how light works.

    We are FOCUSING on enhancing our understanding of light by creating a kaleidoscope.

    We are FOCUSING on selecting information about light and explaining our understanding of it.


    Success Criteria: I can...

    • Write answers to questions about light.
    • Create a kaleidoscope.
    • Connect information about light.
    • Read an article about light.


                                                                                                              Achievement Objectives:

    Explore, describe, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as light.


    Activities:


    Monday


    • The students will first watch this   of a crash course about light.
    • Then the students will draw a table in their science books and write whether light is a wave, particle or both in each section.
    • Finally, within the slideshow they have made about the different circus acts they will add images of sources of light and give explanations for why the sources of light would be there.
    • The students will show compassion for the people who do the different circus acts.


    If the students have finished they can create a poster of Newton's second law of motion like in this link.


                                                                                                                   Tuesday


    • The students will first watch this   of the attribute of light science still can't explain.
      • In their science books the students will write and answer the questions below:

        1. Before you read this, what is light? 

        2. List stories, films, books which show light in them.

        3. What similarities or consistencies are there between them.

      • Students will then read the article Building a mirror with light.

      • They will write any keywords and scientific vocabulary which is related to light
      • Finally, they will rule a 10cm by 10cm frame and draw a picture, icon, or meme that represents the concept/theme of electricity.
      OR

      They will complete the "Building a mirror with light" grid.

    If the students have finished, they can create characters who will be part of an interview. They will then create a pamphlet consisting of the interviewer asking questions from this website as well as the guest speakers who will answer those questions.

                                                                                                                         Thursday

    • The students will cut out a circle of paper.
    • They will then divide the paper into different segments and decorate it with different coloured patterns.
    • Then they will put a straw through the middle of the paper.
    • Afterwards, they will tape an empty toilet paper roll around the straw.