Our fourth graders are learning about different types of energy. This unit is all about light waves. During this lesson they discovered how in a dark room without a light source, it’s difficult to distinguish colors from one another. When a flashlight was turned on but pointed away from the papers, they could start to see the light rays reflecting from the walls to the papers and into their eyes, but the colors were only clearly visible when the light source was pointed directly at the paper. They are also learning that darker colors are absorbing more light than brighter colors. Because of this, some students have decided to start wearing more black to absorb more heat from the sunlight during recess!
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Taylon Mann