Lessons in Light Energy Just Got Easier!

Explore our teaching slideshow for light energy lessons! This resource covers reflection, refraction, absorption, and many more concepts related to light and how it travels. Engage students with interactive activities on opaque, translucent, and transparent materials and so much more! Finish up your light energy lesson plans with this no-prep light energy teaching tool.

The Perfect Tool to Teach Light Energy for Kids

This teaching slide deck includes various concepts about light, such as its travel and transmission. This comprehensive (and interactive) teaching slide deck will make your study of light shine!

It addresses the following questions:

• What is light?
• How does light travel?
• What happens when light hits an object?
• How do we see color?
• What are the features of shadows created from different light sources?
• What do opaque, translucent, and transparent mean?

Download and Teach Your Light Energy Lessons

This light energy activity deck is available as an editable PowerPoint or Google Slides resource file. To get your copy, click the download button. When prompted, make your own copy. Once that is complete, open the file and project and start teaching!

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator.

Even More Ways to Teach the Science of Light!

Don’t stop there! Make sure to check out these light energy worksheets, light experiments for kids, and more before you go!

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Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption Worksheet

Ensure students understand light energy by applying their knowledge to questions about reflection, refraction and absorption.

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A set of 5 Task Cards with activities that allow students to observe the refraction of light.

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Forms of Energy (Heat, Light and Sound) Worksheet

Identify different forms of energy with this cut and paste worksheet.