Delta Science Modules 2. Each module emphasizes basic science concepts and science content while developing students' process skills and increasing their appreciation for both the natural world and technology. This kit contains twelve hands on activities that allow students to investigate the refraction and reflection of light by lenses and mirrors and learn how light can be manipulated to help us see things. In the first activity, students use a flashlight to learn that light travels in straight lines, observe the behavior of light rays as they reflect off a mirror, and measure the angles of incidence and refraction. Additional activities explore the anatomy and physiology of the eye, have students administer eye tests to one another, and learn how lenses are used in eye glasses to correct vision.
Students also design and conduct their own experiments using lenses.
The kit includes a video tape that introduces the topics of Mirrors and Reflection, Lenses and Refraction, and Lenses and Mirrors in Action, such as how they are used in microscopes, telescopes, and light houses. The teacher's guide provides background information, directions for advance preparation, an index of materials included in the kit, reproducible student worksheets, assessment strategies, extensions, and connections to additional disciplines.