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February 10, 2016 By Chelsey 5 Comments

Light Science for Kids: Ways to Explore Refraction and Reflection

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Here’s a fun collection of light science for kids! You’ll find light science experiments about both light refraction and light reflection in this science roundup.

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Light Science for Kids: Science activities and experiments about light refraction and light reflection!

 

Because we have been having so much fun with our most recent light science activities, I decided to round up some more fun science ideas for kids having to do with light. You’ll find ideas for examining light refraction (the bending of light) and light reflection (when light bounces off an object) in this collection, as well as science experiments for various ages- from preschool and on up!

 

10+ Light Science Activities for Kids

Light Refraction and Rainbow Science

rainbow science ideas for kids

Make a Spectroscope Using a Cardboard Tube from Buggy and Buddy

Explore Light Patterns with a CD and Paper from Buggy and Buddy

Rainbow Science: Exploring Prisms from Buggy and Buddy

 

rainbow science experiments for kids

Light Box Magic from True Aim

Making a Rainbow with Water and a Mirror from No Twiddle Twaddle

 

Light Refraction with Water

light refraction with water science for kids

Water Refraction Science Experiment from What Do We Do All Day?

How to Make a Magnifying Glass from Science Sparks

 

Light Reflection and Mirrors

light science for kids

How to Make a Kaleidoscope from Buggy and Buddy

Exploring Reflections with Mirrors from Buggy and Buddy

science for kids using mirrors

Water, Mirrors, and Reflection from My Nearest and Dearest

Exploring Shapes and Patterns in a Mirror Box from The Imagination Tree

Exploring Reflections with Mirrors from Little Bins for Little Hands

STEM / STEAM for Kids: Explore light patterns with a mylar light box.

Explore Light Patterns with a Mylar Light Box from Buggy and Buddy

 

 

Light Science for Kids: Science activities and experiments about light refraction and light reflection!

 

 


 

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  1. Ridley Fitzgerald says

    September 29, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    These are some great ways to teach kids about light science. Kids normally don’t enjoy science, because it’s hard to understand, but these are great! I will have to try and make one of those cardboard tube spectroscopes.

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  2. Isabella says

    May 2, 2017 at 10:06 am

    This really helped me thank You!!! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Lydia Gallardo says

    April 14, 2020 at 8:35 am

    We did the water refraction experiment. We learned that when you put water in a jar and have different colored line behind it the colors will switch places. What we did to do this is we colored 2 different colored lines on a blank piece of paper and colored one line red and the other blue. Then we put an empty jar in front of the paper and poured water to the top of the jar. Then you could see that the colored lines had switched places!

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  4. jackson silvers says

    April 27, 2020 at 7:56 am

    You had to cut the side of a water bottle in a circle and put water in the circle and hold it over words. Doing so it magnified the words to make them appear bigger.

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  1. Reflection Science with Light Patterns in a Box - Buggy and Buddy says:
    June 5, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    […] interest in the science of reflections has only increased. (Be sure to check out our collection of light science activities for kids!) When I came across this awesome light box pattern science activity, I knew we had to try […]

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