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Light Waves Activities & Reading Passages for Google Classroom
Make learning about light waves fun and engaging with this interactive Google Classroom activity pack! Perfect for elementary students, this no-prep, standards-aligned resource helps students explore how light travels in waves, how it behaves when it interacts with objects, and real-world examples of light reflection, refraction, and absorption.
With editable reading passages, drag-and-drop tasks, and short-answer questions, students will build a strong understanding of light waves while developing critical thinking skills. These hands-on, interactive activities bring science to life and make lessons easy to plan and exciting to teach!
Light Energy Passages & Activities Includes the Following Google Slides:
- Editable reading passages
- Drag-&-drop: match the answers to the questions (what is light/how does light travel/in what path does light travel/how does light travel differently from sound)
- Drag-&-drop: match definition to parts of a light wave vocabulary word (radiant energy, light, frequency, wavelength, transverse waves, visible spectrum)
- Drag-&-drop: label the transverse wave (crest, wavelength, trough)
- Drag-&-drop: match the definition to the vocabulary word of a part of a wave (crest, trough, wavelength)
- Drag-&-drop: drag the star to the wave with the greatest wavelength
- Short answer: why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
- Drag-&-drop: match the definition to the vocabulary term (frequency, visible spectrum)
- Drag-&-drop: label the diagram for amount of energy, wavelength, and frequency
- Drag-&-drop: drag the star to the wave with the highest frequency
- Drag-&-drop: place the colors in order on the visible spectrum from longest wavelength/least energy to most
- Drag-&-drop: drag the word to finish the paragraph about the visible spectrum
- Drag-&-drop: identify the items that emit light waves
- Drag-&-drop: label the longest and shortest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum
- Drag-&-drop: match the answers to questions about radiant energy
- Drag-&-drop: identify each picture about radiant energy
- Short answer: identify the energy transformations
- Web search: use a given website to answer questions about solar panels
Why Teachers Love these Light Energy Activities:
- No Prep: Ready-to-assign on Google Classroom™ or platforms like Canvas or Schoology.
- Engaging & Interactive: Includes drag-and-drop tasks, visual prompts, and short-answer questions.
- Flexible Use: Perfect for independent practice, science centers, or early finishers.
- Real-World Connections: Encourages students to apply their knowledge of light waves to practical situations.
Ideal For:
- Introducing Light Wave Concepts: Simplifies teaching how light travels, reflects, and refracts.
- Independent Work: Students complete interactive activities at their own pace.
- Science Centers: Digital, hands-on tasks make learning about light engaging.
- Early Finishers: Keeps learners busy with meaningful, self-checking tasks.
- Sub Plans: Stress-free, ready-to-go activities for substitute days.
- Assessment Prep: Reinforces light wave knowledge for quizzes and tests.
Standards Covered:
- SOL 5.6
- The student will investigate and understand that visible light has certain characteristics and behaves in predictable ways. Key ideas include a) visible light is radiant energy that moves in transverse waves; b) the visible spectrum includes light with different wavelengths; c) matter influences the path of light; and d) radiant energy can be transformed into thermal, mechanical, and electrical energy.
This Light Waves Activity Pack makes learning about light engaging and easy. With interactive tasks, real-world examples, and standards-aligned content, it’s a must-have for any science lesson.
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