EXPLORING LIGHT MONTH

Your students will make a peep hole box and learn about bats! They will make a solar pop bottle light! They will read amazing books such as Shamma Shines and Luzvimenda's Light and play fun games.

(Click on each calendar day to access your lesson plans and teaching resources)

Day

1

Make a Dark Box

Read: Sharmaa Shines

Play: I Spy

STEM: (K-3) Decorate a bat

(4-8) Make a dark box (Luzvimenda's home); Make observations in the dark

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Engineer Challenge: Showcase

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Straddle Ball

STEM: (K-8) Finish your skylight - Invention showcase

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Sense Without Sight

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Blind Obstacle Course

STEM: (K-8) Sense without sight challenge - Read braille with your fingertips; Decode braille jokes

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16

Reading In The Dark

Read: Kham's Precious Little Lamp

Play: Land, Air, Sea

STEM: (K-8) Read in the dark

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2

Make a Dough Bat and Programming

Read: Sharmaa Shines

Play: Knockout

STEM: (K-3) Make a bat out of salt dough

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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7

Shadow Art and Tinkercad

Read: Rosa's Shadow

Play: Shadow Tag

STEM: (K-3) Trace your shadow; Aluminum foil shadow art

Tinker Cad: (4-8) Model a skylight orb a pop bottle holder for a solar light

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12

Dark and Light Socks
and Tinkercad

Read: Sylvie's Socks Poem

Play: Toilet Tag

STEM: (K-3) Sylvie's Socks

Tinker Cad: (4-8) Finish modeling your solar light

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17

Heat Map and Programming

Read: A Beautiful Day

Play: Ice Cubes

STEM: (K-3) Make a playground temperature map; Melt ice on different materials

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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3

Programming and Make a Skylight

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Tic Tac Toe

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Keep working on your dark box; Make observations with a skylight

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Day

8

Programming
and Circuits

Read: Arun In Ruins

Play: Robot Tag

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) How many ways can you make a light shine?

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13

Programming and Learn to Read Braille

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Keep the Ball

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Same or different braille patterns

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18

Programming and Stained Glass Art

Read: The Best Thing Ever

Play: Kick the Can

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (4-8) Make a tissue paper stained glass window

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4

Blow Bubbles and Programming

Read: Luzvimenda's Light

Play: Bubble Hop

STEM: (K-3) Blow bubbles and bend light with water

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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9

Shade Structures and Programming

Read: The Three Little Birds

Play: Bird Nest

STEM: (K-3) Help, my chocolate is melting! Make a shade structure

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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14

Paper Telescope and Programming

Read: Where Am I?

Play: Hot Potato Hide-and-Seek

STEM: (K-3) Paper tube telescope

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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19

Stained Glass Art and Programming

Read: Razia Learns to Swim

Play: Crazy Tag

STEM: (K-3) Make a tissue paper stained glass window

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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5

Solar Light Engineering Challenge

Read: Luzvimenda's Light

Play: Jump Rope

STEM: (K-8) Make a test tube skylight for your box; Solar light engineering challenge

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10

Make a Treat

Read: Eye Can See!

Play: Four Square Volleyball

STEM: (K-8) Make a fruit and yogurt cone

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15

Solar Ovens

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Grab and Dash

STEM: (K-8) Make s'mores with a solar oven

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20

How Fast Do Colors Mix In Water?

Read: Village of Five Poles

Play: Kickball

STEM: (K-8) How fast do colors mix in water?

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All Exploring Light Month Materials

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