Let’s find ways to approach science more successfully. Some themes (NASCAR) resonate more than others. Let see what’s available in photography.
Kiddos:
1. Capturing Light is a complete lesson set from the Getty Museum. One part involves making a pinhole camera. Try making a Pringles Pinhole camera, Granola box, or an oatmeal box camera. In science camp last summer, the oatmeal box worked better than the Pringles can. Connect this lesson with Every Picture has a Story lesson from the Smithsonian.
2. Try making cyanotype prints. Sun and Shadows, from Home Science Tools, has shadow prints made with construction paper and tracing shadows. While this is more about solar science, young kiddos love to place scissors, leaves, and stencils on colored construction paper and to leave them in the sun to create shadows.
3. Try Light Painting or here. Okay, it’s probably more Art than Science. However, you are experimenting!
Teens:
1. National Chemistry Week (NCW) is sponsored annually by the American Chemical Society (ACS) annually. (Usually NCW coincide with Mole Day in October.) Last year’s NCW theme was Picture Perfect Chemistry:
2. Polaroid Photography Lesson is from the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT). It’s a High School level, free lesson with an article, lab, teacher’s guide, redox lab, and several graphics. FYI the chemistry, even in the article, is fairly advanced.
3. Here are a few articles: The Chemistry of Digital Photography and Printing, Film or Digital?, Photography Through the Years (graphic), and Polaroid Photography (history).
4. Look at the photography project ideas at Science Buddies. The Cell Phone Microscope looks interesting.
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