SD42 Libraries Elementary Reference Sets: Light and Sound (SC 1)

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World Book Kids article: Light
 

World Book Kids article: Light bulb
 

World Book eBook Graphic Novel
 

National Geographic Kids eBook

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Reading Rainbow: My Shadow
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The Dr. Binocs Show
 

Search for the TumbleBooks title Rainbows (Video) in TumbleSearch.

SciShow Kids

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Bill Nye the Science Guy Series
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Light Optics

Light and Color

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World Book Kids science experiment:
What happens to seedlings in the dark?

 

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World Book Kids article: Sound
 

World Book eBook Graphic Novel
 

World Book eBook

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The Dr. Binocs Show
 

SciShow Kids

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Bill Nye the Science Guy Series
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Waves

The Science of Music

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World Book KIds science experiment:
A look at Sound

World Book KIds science activity:
Make a Tin Can Telephone

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Raven Tales Series
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Peep and the Big Wide World - Night Light

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National Geographic Kids eBooks

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Illuminated Films - The Very Quiet Cricket

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Check out the light and sound books on epic!

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Curriculum Connections for Grade 1 Science

Big Idea

Light and sound can be produced and their properties can be changed.

Sample Inquiry Questions

• How can you explore the properties of light and sound?
• What discoveries did you make?

Content

Natural and artificial sources of light and sound.

Properties of light and sound depend on their source and the objects with which they interact.

• examples: brightness, colour
• objects are made visible by radiating their own light or being illuminated by reflected light
• interactions of light with different objects create images and shadows
• light interactions can make plants grow, make shadows, or cause sunburn, depending on the source and location 
• plants grow toward light