Lesson 11 of 84 · Light
Experiment⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark LabTesting Our Ideas
Testing Our Ideas.
🎯 Your mission
Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).
⚡ The twist
Energy never disappears — it just hides somewhere else.
Mind = Blown
⚡ Static electricity is the same physics as lightning, just smaller.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: which will move faster, and why?
What You'll Learn
When scientists test ideas, they change one thing at a time and keep everything else the same.
Key Words
- tool
- material
Materials Needed
- paper clips
- rubber bands
- string
- cups
- aluminum foil
- ruler
Safety First
- Do not mix unknown chemicals together.
- Tie back long hair before starting the experiment.
- Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Steps
Read about Light with a partner or grown-up.
Build the strongest bridge you can using only paper and tape. Test it by placing coins on top.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What does a scientist do?
Where you see this in real life
This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.
For the dinner table
“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”
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