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Sound
The Soundry
*Must-see*! A Thinkquest Junior entry . . . Journey through the human ear, learn about the physical properties of sound and how sound can be used, and investigate the history of sound.
Light
About Rainbows
Discover the formation of rainbows.
Auras . . . Paintings in the Sky
This is an introduction to auroras and the processes that create these mysterious lights.
Blue Sky
Finally, you can explain why the sky is blue and the sunset is red!!
Bob Miller's Light Walk
Discover the way to look at light, shadows and images through using Bob Miller's activities!
Hot Light
Learn about color and measure the intensity of energy of different colors coming from an incandescent
lightbulb.
How Does That Work?
Featured by Yes Mag for children, learn about how telescopes, microsopes, cameras and binoculars work.
Light Island
Featured by Exploratium, tons of tons of great information pertaining to the theme of color, lenses, reflection, refraction and opacity!
Light Tour
Discover basic information about light and its mysteries in the Universe and how astronomers make use of light wavelength. This is a self-guided tour about the properties of light and applications to astonomy.
Optics For Kids
*Must-see* Explore the basics of Light . . . fantastic bacground information!
Our Eyes
This is an activity where students use props to role play parts of the eye while other students play the photons of light to show how the parts of the eye function and interact when a beam
of light enters the eye.
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