MEL Physics Subscription - Polarized Light

In this live lesson your children will:

  • Complete the Polarized light experiment
  • Understand the science behind the experiment
  • Be able to ask questions

You will require the following to complete the experiments: MEL Physics 'Polarized Light' box; a smartphone with a flashlight; corn syrup / sugar syrup / maple syrup; and scissors.

Lesson time

9:00am   PDT (San Francisco, Seattle, ...)
10:00am   MDT (Phoenix, Denver, ...)
11:00am   CDT (Chicago, Houston, ...)
12:00pm   EDT (New York, Toronto, ...)
5:00pm   BST (London, ...)

Lesson duration: 50-60 minutes.

MEL Experiment

If you are a subscriber of MEL Physics then you can conduct all the experiments from the Polarized light set:

Polarized Light

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Tutor

Daniel Sullivan presents this lesson:

Daniel Sullivan

Dan is a super enthusiastic and experienced ex-head of science with over 20 years of teaching experience running science departments. He delighted in introducing truly exciting, inspiring practical science lessons that made learning and the voyage of discovering the natural world joy to experience. He is a hugely passionate scientist whose singular aim is to instill in his students a love of science, a fascination with the universe, and a lifelong habit of challenging all types of 'received wisdom'! All of this is, of course, done with a sense of mischievousness and fun!