Light Pollution
Learning Experiences
Day 1: Star Lab Investigation
How has the evolution of lighting affected man's view of the night sky?
Day 2: Light Pollution Article
What are the causes and effects of light pollution?
Day 3: PBL Kick Off
What questions do we need to have answered to solve the problem of light pollution?
Day 4: Wave Properties
What academic vocabulary do we use to describe light (and other) types of waves?
Day 5: Wave Properties
How do waves work?
Day 6/7: Electromagnetic Energy
What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum and how is it use?
Day 8: Light and Color
How are light and color related to one another?
Day 9: Properties of Light and Optics
What are lights properties?
Day 10: Reflection
How does light behave when it's path is changed?
Day 11: Refraction
How does light behave when it passes through matter?
Day 12: PhET Bending Light Simulation
Day 13: Light Assessment
See Mrs. Noffsinger for Test
Day 13: Field Experience to DU Observatory
Day 14/15: Defining the Problem
Day 16: Criteria and Constraints
Day 17-22: Designing/Revising our Solutions
Day 23: Presentation on Pay Back
Day 24/25: Calculating Payback
Day 26/27/28: Presentation Prep
Day 29: Vetting Presentations
Day 30: Panel
How has the evolution of lighting affected man's view of the night sky?
Day 2: Light Pollution Article
What are the causes and effects of light pollution?
Day 3: PBL Kick Off
What questions do we need to have answered to solve the problem of light pollution?
Day 4: Wave Properties
What academic vocabulary do we use to describe light (and other) types of waves?
- Text (Must be logged into google using Adams 12 account to access)
Day 5: Wave Properties
How do waves work?
Day 6/7: Electromagnetic Energy
What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum and how is it use?
- CPO Link Light and Optics Lab B8
- NASA Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Science Aide Electromagnetic Spectrum
Day 8: Light and Color
How are light and color related to one another?
- CPO Light Lab A2: Light and Color (Email Mrs. Noffsinger if you need the login information to the lab)
Day 9: Properties of Light and Optics
What are lights properties?
Day 10: Reflection
How does light behave when it's path is changed?
Day 11: Refraction
How does light behave when it passes through matter?
- CPO Student Lab A4: Refraction
- PhET Refraction Lab
Day 12: PhET Bending Light Simulation
Day 13: Light Assessment
See Mrs. Noffsinger for Test
Day 13: Field Experience to DU Observatory
Day 14/15: Defining the Problem
Day 16: Criteria and Constraints
- Graphic Organizer (You will turn this in to google classroom)
Day 17-22: Designing/Revising our Solutions
- Tinker Cad
- 3D Printing Presentation by Mrs. Muller
Day 23: Presentation on Pay Back
- Pay Back Presentation by Jennifer Lien, Siemens
Day 24/25: Calculating Payback
- Calculating Initial Costs
- Calculating Savings
Day 26/27/28: Presentation Prep
- Death By Power Point
- Suggested Outline of Presentation
Day 29: Vetting Presentations
Day 30: Panel