Exploring Light Month

Your students will make a peep hole box and learn about bats! They will make a solar pop bottle light! They will read amazing books such as Shamma Shines and Luzvimenda's Light and play fun games.

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1

Make a Dough Bat and Items for the Diorama Box

Read: Sharmaa Shines

Play: Knockout

STEM: (K-3) Make a bat out of salt dough

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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Beach Combing

Read: The Sea

Play: Straddle Ball

STEM: K-3 Explore Shells

4-8 Bubble Science

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Sense Without Sight

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Blind Obstacle Course

STEM: (K-8) Sense without sight challenge - Read braille with your fingertips; Decode braille jokes

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Reading In The Dark

Read: Kham's Precious Little Lamp

Play: Land, Air, Sea

STEM: (K-8) Read in the dark

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Make a Diorama Box

Read: Sharmaa Shines

Play: I Spy

STEM: (K-3) Decorate a bat

(4-8) Make a dark box (Luzvimenda's home); Make observations in the dark

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Shadow Art and Foil Art

Read: Rosa's Shadow

Play: Shadow Tag

STEM: (K-3) Trace your shadow; Aluminum foil shadow art

Tinker Cad: (4-8) Model a skylight orb a pop bottle holder for a solar light

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12

Dark and Light Socks

Read: Sylvie's Socks Poem

Play: Toilet Tag

STEM: (K-3) Sylvie's Socks

Tinker Cad: (4-8) Finish modeling your solar light

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17

Heat Map

Read: A Beautiful Day

Play: Ice Cubes

STEM: (K-3) Make a playground temperature map; Melt ice on different materials

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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Make a Skylight

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Tic Tac Toe

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Keep working on your dark box; Make observations with a skylight

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8

Earth's Rotation Investigation

Read: Arun In Ruins

Play: Robot Tag

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) How many ways can you make a light shine?

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13

Explore the Microscopic World

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Keep the Ball

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Same or different braille patterns

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18

Stained Glass Art

Read: The Best Thing Ever

Play: Kick the Can

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Make a tissue paper stained glass window

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4

Improve your Light

Read: Luzvimenda's Light

Play: Jump Rope

STEM: (K-8) Make a test tube skylight for your box; Solar light engineering challenge

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9

Make Moon Rocks

Read: Razia Learns to Swim

Play: Crazy Tag

STEM: (K-3) Make a tissue paper stained glass window

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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14

Paper Telescope and Salt Exploration

Read: Where Am I?

Play: Hot Potato Hide-and-Seek

STEM: (K-3) Paper tube telescope

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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19

Shade Structures

Read: The Three Little Birds

Play: Bird Nest

STEM: (K-3) Help, my chocolate is melting! Make a shade structure

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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5

Blow Bubbles and Engineering Showcase

Read: Luzvimenda's Light

Play: Bubble Hop

STEM: (K-3) Blow bubbles and bend light with water

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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10

Make Galaxy Cups

Read: What Hubble Sees!

Play: Four Square Volleyball

STEM:(K-8) Make galaxy cups

(K-8) Make a fruit and yogurt cone (Optional)

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15

Light and Shadow Patterns

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Grab and Dash

STEM: (K-8) Make s'mores with a solar oven

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20

How Fast Do Colors Mix In Water?

Read: Village of Five Poles

Play: Kickball

STEM: (K-8) How fast do colors mix in water?

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All Exploring Light Month Materials

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