Light and Sound

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General

Waves, sound, and light - from Explore Science
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=311

Light - online resources from SpaceLinks, NASA with activities suitable for students from K-12
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/subjects/physicalscience/Heat_and_Light.html

Optics - online resources from SpaceLinks, NASA with activities suitable for students from K-12
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/subjects/physicalscience/Optics.html

Optics - a Teaching unit from SpaceLinks, NASA with activities suitable for students from K-12
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Optics.Guide.html

Chapter 7: Optics - from Science Toys, Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids
http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/light.html

Up Periscope! - instructions for making from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/periscope.html

Online exercises

Light and Colour: Multiple Choice Exercise - ten multiple choice questions created in Hot Potatoes
http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/resources/hot-potato/lightfin.htm

Colours of the spectrum: Mixed-up sentence exercise - created using Hot Potatoes
http://www.ase.org.uk/sen/resources/hot-potato/specfin.htm

Sounds Great

Sound Alive - lesson plans in pdf from Core Knowledge web site
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/3_95_SoundsAlive.pdf

Musical Instruments

Paper Plate Maracas Craft - from Enchanted Learning Software
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/mexico/maracas/

9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids - from The Family Corner
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/family/kids/crafts/9_musical_instruments.shtml

Pan Pipes - from Amazon Handicrafts
http://www.junglephotos.com/people/crafts_ethnobot/handicrafts/panpipes.html

Pan Pipes - from Music Through the Curriculum
http://www.philtulga.com/Panpipes.html

How To Make a God's Eye Jingle Shaker -from HowtoUniverse.com
http://www.thesilverpenny.com/RhythmInstruments.html

Making Sounds with Musical Instruments - from School for Champions
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/soundmusic.htm

Light up My Life

The Enduring Mystery of Light - from live Science
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070226_about_light.html

The Science of Sound - from The Hands-On Technology Program
http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/sound/index.shtml

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