The activities require the Logal Express plug-in. Get a free trial subscription for the plug-in and the entire SimLibrary. Identify light as part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Recognize that light travels in a straight path that can be represented by rays. Explore light as a form of radiant energy.
Light energy can become heat energy and heat energy can become light energy.
Examine the discrete particles of light called photons. Demonstrate that white light is composed of colors. Learn that each color in the spectrum is associated with a wavelength. Investigate how light is the only thing we really see. Observe that some materials bounce light, or reflect it.