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In this activity, learners explore what happens when polarized white light passes through a sugar solution.

In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

In this activity, learners use a flashlight, a glass of water, and some milk to examine why the sky is blue and sunsets are red.

In this laboratory activity, learners design an experiment to evaluate how environmental factors influence the growth of molds.

In this optics activity, learners explore how they can make gelatin stop light, but not stop them from seeing fruit suspended within.

Learners follow directions to construct a solar oven that really cooks! The solar oven uses aluminum foil to reflect sunlight into a cooking chamber, which is painted black.

In this activity, learners create a "mini sky" in a glass of water in a dark room.

In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.

In this activity, learners make optical fibers out of strips of gelatin.

In this activity, learners discover what happens when they crush wintergreen-flavored candies in a very dark room.

In this outdoor, winter activity, learners find living green plants under the snow and determine the light and temperature conditions around the plants.

In this activity, learners make prisms from gelatin. Learners then shine light through the prisms and discover what happens. This activity introduces learners to the idea of refraction.