Virtual Junior Curators: Light

October 2020's theme was Light!

Explore where light comes from, why light sustains life on Earth, and how we use light to study the universe!

The links are all PDF documents.

Create a Sundial: Explore how to tell time with the help of the Sun.
Make a Camera Obscura (Courtesy of Alaska State Museum): Investigate light and photography by building a camera obscura.
Create a Sun Print: Make your own artwork using sunlight.
Filtered Light: Discover how scientists use colored filters to study the universe.

Sun print example: white silhouettes of a plant, fish, and butterfly on a dark blue background.

Hand drawing on black paper with a blue marker.

Left to Right: Sun Print Example, Filtered Light Activity (courtesy of NISEnet).

For activities designed for kids ages 5 and under, go to our Virtual Early Explorers page.