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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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
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
Light Box Magic from True Aim
Making a Rainbow with Water and a Mirror from No Twiddle Twaddle
Light Refraction with Water
Water Refraction Science Experiment from What Do We Do All Day?
How to Make a Magnifying Glass from Science Sparks
Light Reflection and Mirrors
How to Make a Kaleidoscope from Buggy and Buddy
Exploring Reflections with Mirrors from Buggy and Buddy
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
Explore Light Patterns with a Mylar Light Box from Buggy and Buddy
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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.
This really helped me thank You!!! 🙂
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!
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.