Light

This is our page on LIGHT.

Meeting 3, Group 2 (Plondke, Adams, McNally, Mackey) Brainstorm Jots: Here is our group's ponderings about light (Sally, Jill, Jane and Leslie Ann)... Light topics by Leitzel, Maggie, et al
 * Art and Light** (I was not at the last meeting, but I have been doing some thinking about the idea of light. I will just share a few things that I have discovered. Ryshke)

"The visible world and the world of sight, as is well known, is the world of light. Art as the field of the visible - as painting shows - has always been bound to the universe of light. Albert Einstein solved the mystery of light's essence in 1905 through wave-particle duality. Light is both an electromagnetic wave and a current of particles. It is a form of energy that in a vacuum would travel at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per second. When light hits a prismatic structure it divides into different wavelengths that are visible as colors. Its brightness is measured in lux and lumen describes the stream of light, or the amount of light that is emitted from a source of light." this quote comes from the museum's homepage describing an exhibit on the use of light in space.

[|Video on the history and meaning of the speed of light]

This is a fascinating video on making a "light bulb" light up using a wireless system of electromagnets. Very cool.

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At the intersection of the environment, light, art, and space there is an interesting project I found on Inhabitat ([|www.inhabitat.com]). What do you think? It is a light garden made from recycleable plastic bags that act as light shades. Fascinating!

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The Anneberg Foundation has a website the Anneberg CPB Projects. They have a math science lab project called, Teacher's Lab. They are featuring a website on the Science of Light. This looks to be quite interesting.

[|Science of Light Resource Page]

There are a number of activities that you can do to investigate the properties of light and use as tools to teach students about light

When I think of light and stars, I always come back to one of my favorite paintings. (RR)