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Can You See In the Dark?

Find out for yourself with a box and a small thing to hide in it.

Name

Eyes cannot make light, only catch it. No light in the box, nothing to see.

Try this, then write what happened

Put a small toy in a shoebox and put the lid on.
Make a tiny hole in the lid and look through it. Can you see the toy?
Now lift the lid a crack so a bit of light gets in. Look again.
Now take the lid right off.

With the lid on, what could you see?

With the lid open a crack, what could you see?

So what does your eye need before it can see anything?

Say the rule: light has to get to my eye.

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Which Ones Make Light?

Tick one box for each. Some of these only look bright.

Name

The moon makes no light. It is a gray rock. Sunlight bounces off it, like a mirror.

the sun

makes its own light only looks bright

the moon

makes its own light only looks bright

a shiny spoon

makes its own light only looks bright

a page of a book

makes its own light only looks bright

a white shirt

makes its own light only looks bright

a fire

makes its own light only looks bright

a phone screen

makes its own light only looks bright

a window

makes its own light only looks bright

a torch

makes its own light only looks bright

a mirror

makes its own light only looks bright

a candle

makes its own light only looks bright

a lamp

makes its own light only looks bright