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Exploring Light

Dark and Light Socks

K-3 Students test how warm socks can get when they are left out in the sunlight. Ask students to bring clean dark and light socks (or any color sock they would like to test) from home the day before.

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Materials List:

K-3

  • Dark socks

  • Light socks

  • Extra socks of different colors

  • Therma thermometers

4-8

  • Microscopes

  • Beachcombing materials

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Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s
surface.

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