{"id":239,"date":"2008-09-10T08:13:50","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T13:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/239"},"modified":"2008-09-10T08:13:50","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T13:13:50","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-the-science-book-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/10\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-the-science-book-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: The Science Book of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/sci_lite.jpg\" title=\"sci_lite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/sci_lite.jpg\" alt=\"sci_lite.jpg\" height=\"160\" width=\"129\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">How much does light affect us?\u00a0 Light is essential to life on Earth and it is constantly moving, even though we can&#8217;t see it.\u00a0 In Neil Ardley&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Science-Book-Light-Neil-Ardley\/dp\/0517155540\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1221023316&amp;sr=1-3\">The Science Book of Life<\/a>, students explore a few facts about light and then experiment with the activities in the book.\u00a0 Activities include shadow play, reflection of light, making a kaleidoscope, optical illusions, and constructing a box camera.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All living things need light to live.\u00a0 Plants need light to grow.\u00a0 Without plants, all life on Earth would cease because animals feed on plants or on other animals that feed on plants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The activities in this book vary in level, so it is appropriate for many elementary grades.\u00a0 Younger students can begin with learning about shadows and the manipulation of light, while older students may explore something more challenging, such as building a box camera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book could be used throughout elementary school to teach various levels about light&#8217;s function and properties.\u00a0 In Virginia, <em>The Science Book of Light<\/em> can be used in connection with SOL 5.3 where students explore the characteristics of visible light and its behavior. \u00a0 Students learn about reflection and refraction of light and may use activities in <em>The Science Book of Light<\/em> such as &#8216;Seeing Double&#8217; to test or confirm the facts with which they are presented.<br \/>\n<strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/cgi-bin\/outsidesite.cgi?id=12517&amp;external=http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/science_explorer\/sunclock.html&amp;original=http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/110017.shtml&amp;title=Making%20A%20Sun%20Clock\">directions<\/a> for students to make their own Sun-Clock.<\/li>\n<li>This\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sln.fi.edu\/tfi\/activity\/physics\/op-3.html\">activity<\/a> from The Franklin Institute helps students explore that white light is made of colors.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/cgi-bin\/outsidesite.cgi?id=14791&amp;external=http:\/\/www.learner.org\/teacherslab\/science\/light\/&amp;original=http:\/\/www.proteacher.com\/110017.shtml&amp;title=The%20Science%20of%20Light\">website<\/a> from the ProTeacher Community lists the &#8216;rules of light&#8217; and also links to activities involving bending light, mirrors, and images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Book: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Science-Book-Light-Neil-Ardley\/dp\/0517155540\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1221023316&amp;sr=1-3\">The Science Book of Light<\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilardley.com\/\">Neil Ardley<\/a><strong><br \/>\nArt Editors:<\/strong> Anita Ruddel and Peter Bailey<strong><br \/>\nPublisher: <\/strong>Gulliver Books,\u00a0 Harcourt Brace &amp; Company<strong><br \/>\nPublication Date:<\/strong> 1991<strong><br \/>\nPages:<\/strong> 29 pages<strong><br \/>\nGrades:<\/strong> 2-5<strong><br \/>\nISBN: <\/strong>0-15-200577-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much does light affect us?\u00a0 Light is essential to life on Earth and it is constantly moving, even though we can&#8217;t see it.\u00a0 In Neil Ardley&#8217;s book The Science Book of Life, students explore a few facts about light &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/10\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-the-science-book-of-light\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-physical-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}