THE LIGHT LAB

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THE LIGHT LAB
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Question

• What will these materials do to light?
• Cardboard, wax paper, plastic, mirror

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Hypothesis

• Draw four squares
• Next to the squares, describe what you think each
  material will do to the light.

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Materials

• Meterstick
• Screen
• Flashlight
• Materials Cardboard, wax paper, plastic, mirror

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Methods

• Assemble the materials as shown in the diagram.

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Hypothesis Go back to complete the squares
Cardboard
Plastic
Wax paper
Mirror
Draw what you think the screen will look like
when you hold these materials between the screen
and the light source
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Methods

• Hold each of the four different materials between
  the screen and the light source
• Draw what you see on the screen in the results
  section

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Results Draw what you saw on the screen

Cardboard
Plastic
Wax paper
Mirror
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Conclusion

• For each material, draw how light traveled
  between the light source and the screen to make
  the image that you observed.

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ConclusionCardboard

• What did the cardboard do to the light?

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ConclusionWax paper

• What did the wax paper do to the light?

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ConclusionPlastic

• What did the plastic do to the light?

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ConclusionMirror

• What did the mirror do to the light?

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ConclusionWhich material fits following terms?

• Transparent Is a material that allows light to
  pass through
• Scatter Is when a material bounces light off its
  surface
• Translucent Is a material that scatters some
  light and allows some light to pass through
• Reflector Is a material that bounces the light
  off of its surface in a specific direction.
• Opaque A material that blocks light completely
• Transmission Is when a material allows light to
  pass through it