Unit 3: Optics

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Students learn about how to gain experience and be exposed to, or “test the waters,” of careers that align with their personal occupational goals.

Students will use online tools and job search engines to explore career possibilities and the job market.

Students will learn about crime scene investigation and its connections to cell biology and careers.

Students learn about the water treatment process as they complete a digital “escape room” on a Google site.

Students reflect upon the influences on their career path journeys to date and summarize these in an autobiographical poem or Powerpoint presentation.

Visible light is only part of what astronomers study. They use different types of telescopes to study the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.

Getting electrons excited by heat can cause certain materials to give off visible light when heated - like filaments in light bulbs.