Sunday, March 30, 2014

Immersing Ourselves in Sound & Light

We began our study of sound and light sooner than I anticipated.  Last week the kids started debating about what was faster, sound or light?  I wanted to take advantage of the excitement and get going as soon as possible!

When the kids came into the classroom this week they were surprised to find that the windows had been covered with black paper.  How can we study light without a dark room?

We started by talking about our schema about light and sound.  We began creating our Wonder Wall:
click here to view our Padlet Wonder Wall

Our brains are like sponges in the Immersion Stage.  In this video we are seeing what we can find out about sound and light by playing around with objects and exploring.

We also took time to record some of our thinking so far, representing our learning with diagrams and words.






We also watched the following videos to make observations about light and sound.




We will also start using some new words to describe light:
Transparent
Translucent

Opaque

What can you observe about light and sound?

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