Explore Light and Optics!: With 25 Great Projects
Part of the Explore Your World series
- Subject
- Science & Nature - Physics
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Nomad Press (VT)
- Size
- 20.1 cm Ă 24.9 cm
- ISBN
- 9781619303805
Imagine a world without light. What would it be like? Dark, cold, and lifeless! In Explore Light and Optics! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 find out why light is so important to our world. We use light to communicate. Because of light, there are natural phenomena such as rainbows and the auroras. And itâs light that provides living things with the energy they need to exist.
In Explore Light and Optics!, readers learn how light travels, how the eye works, and why we can see objects. They read about optical inventions that changed the world, including microscopes, telescopes, and cameras. Kids are introduced to modern inventions such as lasers, solar planes, and the hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optics that make it possible to transmit data all over the world.
Through projects ranging from making a spectroscope and concocting invisible ink to creating a periscope and experimenting with lenses, children discover how light can be bent, bounced, and broken. Fun facts, jokes, cartoon illustrations and links to online primary sources spark an interest in the fascinating role light plays in our lives from the sun shining overhead to the cellphone in our back pocket.
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What reviewers said
Praise for Explore Light and Optics! With 25 Great Projects
School Library Connection
"Science fans have a new fun resource for planning projects. . . Teachers at all levels can make use of this new book to infuse some action and excitement into science lessons on light and optics. Recommended"
National Science Teachers Association RECOMMENDS
"Students will be able to use this introductory text to understand and explore the field of light and optics. . . Activities immediately follow each chapter to reinforce key ideas. One activity in particular stands out for its uniqueness: using processed cheese slices and a microwave to measure the speed of light. . . With the wide variety of topics covered, students are able to see the interconnectedness of our technology and hobbies and contemplate the different careers that involve light and optics."
Samuel L. Nerenberg, Doctoral Candidate of Optical Sciences
? An excellent introductory text for children to the field of optics. It provides a balance between scientific concept and history presented at an appropriate level. . . "
Astronomy: Cool Women in Space
School Library Journal
". . . A treasure trove of discovery, this interactive series promises to influence the next generation of female science stars. Highly Recommended"
Dr. Laura Trouille, Astronomer, the Adler Planetarium and Northwestern University
?An engaging and inspirational addition to a genre in significant need of quality publications for young women and girls. I will be happily recommending this book to every aspiring astronomer who visits the Adler!â
Catherine Piper Shelton, Director of Curriculum and Technology, U.S. Space & Rocket Center
?I see this book sparking an interest in astronomy for any girl. It connects the science with
careers, and the past with the present?and future.â
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