Name of Lesson: Why is the Sky Blue?

Grade Level: 6th Subject: Earth Science Prepared By: Funanya Uchemefuna

Overview & Purpose: Education Standards Addressed

Students explore how light waves travel
● CA Science Content Standard(s):
through air and in different materials
causing colors and heat.
- 3a: Students know energy can be carried from one place to
another by heat flow or by waves, including water, light and sound
waves, or by moving objects.
- 3d: Students know heat energy is also transferred between
objects by radiation (radiation can travel through space).
- 4b: Students know solar energy reaches Earth through radiation,
mostly in the form of visible light.

Teacher Guide
Objectives Students will be able to (SWBAT) Materials Needed:
understand how the visible light spectrum
works, know why light is a form of energy, ●EM Spectrum Worksheet
and learn what happens when light ●Powerpoint
interacts with different materials. ●Demonstration:
-2 plastic containers
-2 heating lamps
● Know what light waves are and -white cloth
Information
- black cloth
how they reach Earth.
-2 thermometers
● Know what a visible light
spectrum is
● Know how energy of radiation
works
● Know how materials react to light
waves
Verification Ask for participation during instructor’s Other Resources
lesson in which we can see if they (e.g. Web, books, etc.)
comprehend what they are learning.
“Electromagnetic Spectrum Poster Project.” Syllabuy.co. Syllabuy.,
2016. Web. 7 March 2016.

“Light and Color.” Youtube.com. GTTatSTEM.,23 April 2016. Web. 7

March 2016.
Activity An EM Spectrum Worksheet will be
“Science Content Standards for California Public School-
passed out to each individual to verify
Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve.” Cde.ca.gov. California State
understanding of the visible light
Board of Education, October 1998. Web. 7 March 2016.
spectrum.

“The Electromagnetic and Visible Spectra.” Physicsclassroom.com.

The Physics Classroom., 1996-2016. Web. 7 March 2016.
“Your Dictionary.” Yourdictionary.com. LovetoKnow, Corp. 1996-
2016. Web. 7 March 2016.

Summary By the end of the lesson, students should

be able to understand how light waves are
a form of energy, what happens when
they encounter materials, and know what
a visible light spectrum is.