Light & Sound

Light, or visible light, is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength that is visible to the human eye. In a scientific context, the word light is sometimes used to refer to the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Light is composed of elementary particles called photons.

Three primary properties of light are:

  • Intensity
  • Frequency or wavelength
  • Polarization

Light can exhibit properties of both waves and particles. This property is referred to as wave–particle duality. The study of light, known as optics, is an important research area in modern physics.

Sound is vibration transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas; particularly, sound means those vibrations composed of frequencies capable of being detected by ears.

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All About Light
by Melvin Berger, illustrated by Blanche Sims
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$1.60 (1 in stock)
All About Light and Radiation
All About Books #57
by Ira Freeman
from Random House
for 3rd-8th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
All About Light and Sound
by Connie Jankowski
from Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
All About Sound and Ultrasonics
All About Books #37
by Ira M. Freeman
from Random House
for 4th-8th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
Color in Your Life
by Irving Adler, illustrated by Ruth Adler
from The John Day Company
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Color Paddles (set of 6)
from Learning Resources
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$4.25
DK Eyewitness: Light
DK Eyewitness Series
by David Burnie
from DK Publishing
Science Reference for 4th-8th grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Explore Light and Optics with 25 Great Projects
from Nomad Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
First Book of Sound
by David C. Knight
from Living Book Press
for 4th-6th grade
in First Book series (LBP reprints) (Location: SCI-CM1ST)
$11.04
How and Why Wonder Book of Sound
by Martin L. Keen, illustrated by George Zaffo
from Wonder Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in How and Why Wonder Books (Location: VIN-H&W)
How We Hear
by Judith Fryer, illustrated by George Overlie
from Medical Books for Children
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Light and Radiation
Random House Science Library
by Ira M Freeman
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Light is All Around Us
Let's Read and Find Out Level 2
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Paul Meisel
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Ray of Light
by Walter Wick
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-7th grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$15.29
Sounds All Around
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Level 1
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Anna Chernyshova
2nd edition from Harper
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$3.60 (2 in stock)
We Read About Sounds and How They Are Made
Webster Junior Science Series
by Harold E. Tannenbaum, Nathan Stillman, illustrated by Gene Foote
from Webster Publishing Co.
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
What Makes a Shadow?
by Clyde Robert Bulla
Revised from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)