Learning Design for: Light: eyesight and energy. A physics approach.
Context
Topic: Understanding the way we see, previous thoughts about light, light sources
Total learning time: 100
Number of students: 23
Description: Students in primary or low secondary education will study the nature of light,
the previous perceptions, about light, using technology, and via practise will realise the
nature of light sources. Students will practice with light sources, discuss with their
classmates, and finally create a "slowmation". In almost every activity they will be able to
use technology and web 2.0 tools. In this lesson plan students hypothesize, then observe
and practice and finally conclude.
Aims
Students will become familiar with the previous perceptions about light and the way people
and animals see. Classify objects in self-luminus and eterofotous, become familiar with the
fact that light transfers energy and describe the results of light. Finally students will be able
to classify light sources in natural and artificial and connect light sources with technology.
Outcomes
Knowledge(Knowledge): Now the previous perceptions about the way people see.
Comprehension(Comprehension): Explain the significance of light for the life on Earth and
for the human civilazation.
Comprehension(Comprehension): Explain the way people see and describe it analytically
Analysis(Analysis): Analyze if in a particular situation we can see an object
Comprehension(Comprehension): Classify the objects in self-luminous and eterofotous and
moreover classify the light sources in natural an artificial.
Synthesis(Synthesis): How light affects photosynthesis and how light energy is transformed
in everyday situations.
Evaluation(Evaluation): The student evaluates the significance of light via its own project
with slowmation
Teaching-Learning activities
HYPOTHESIZE and DISCUSS
Discuss
5 minutes
students
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The teacher asks the students the questions "Why we see the objects around us?", "Why we
don't see anything in total dark?" and asks from the students to write down their thoughts.
Discuss
5 minutes
students
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The students present their answers, opinions and thoughts in the classroom and write the
answers on the board in order to see them at the end of the lesson
Investigate
15 minutes
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It is asked from the students to collaborate in a group of three and find information on the
internet about the ancient and medival perception about light and the way people see the
objects around them. Every group will search information for a particular person
Discuss
10 minutes
students
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Students will present their work in the classroom and discuss which of these perceptions
they find more "true".
Read Watch Listen
5 minutes
students
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The teacher will present a video that show the modern perception of the way we see.
Collaborate
3 minutes
3 students
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The teacher asks from the students to collaborate in groups of three and write down objects
that are self-luminus and other objects that are eterofotous
PRACTICE
Practice
15 minutes
students
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Students practice with light sources that are in the classroom and around them, make
experiments when they see objects and when they can not see objects.
Read Watch Listen
5 minutes
students
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The students watch a video about photosynthesis and the transformation of light energy
into other forms of energy.
Collaborate
10 minutes 3 students
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The teacher asks from the students to work in groups of three and write down the
transformations of light energy in other forms of energy and present them in the classroom.
Then the teacher presents some examples
CONCLUSION
Investigate
3 minutes
1 students
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Students are asked to investigate about natural and artificial ligh sources and in each case
report the energy transformation
Discuss
4 minutes
students
Discuss the results in the classroom.
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Read Watch Listen
3 minutes
students
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The teacher presents a new light source, the laser and its uses in technology, industry,
medicine etc.
Read Watch Listen
1 minutes
students
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Introduction to "slowmation". The teacher presents to the students the what slowmation is
in order to produce their own product
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Produce
16 minutes 3 students
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Students will produce their own slowmation video in groups, revising what they have
learned in the first part and in the second part of the video they have to report the sense of
light in the arts, eg poems that are referred to light, poets that have written about light,
writers etc.
Produce
0 minutes
students
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Finally they will upload their work (videos) in padlet or Linoit or any ohter social media they
want in order their classmates to see each other work.
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