Lantern Light Lab: Navratri Garba Pot Light Experiment
Children make holes in a paper cup, shine a torch through it and see one spot of light for each hole. They predict and record what happens as they move further from the wall, and explain the results and why a real garba pot needs holes.
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Navratri Festival Quest Big Explorers Activity Pack: Maths, Puzzles, Stories & Science for Ages 7-11
This is page 16 of the pack. Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11
How to use this worksheet
A grown-up pokes the holes. Follow the five steps in a dark room, then fill in the prediction and results table and answer the scientist questions.
Materials needed
- Paper cup
- Sharp pencil (for a grown-up to make the holes)
- Small torch or phone torch
- Ruler
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Try cups with bigger and smaller holes and compare the dots.
- 2Look at a real garba pot or lantern and talk about how its pattern is made.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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