Here is the SLC intro If you haven’t yet checked it out:
For the scimathics project I think everyone was a little confused at the start as there were so many aspects to include in one project. We had to include the story about how the Ravens stole the light, Ibn Al-Hatham’s theory that he proved about how light travels in a straight line and refraction, reflection, opacity, translucency, transparency, colour and other properties of light. Those were the only instructions so it was a very open ended project and everyone did something different. To represent the properties of light, the story of how the Raven stole the light and Ibn Al-Hatham discoveries I made a wooden structure in the shape of a triangular prism which was made with two triangles and three rectangles. Inside the structure is a cylinder, on top are three mirrors in the shape of another triangular prism. These mirrors are a reflective surface to reflect the beams of light in a 45 degree angle to create beams of light from the sun. Inside the triangular prism of the mirrors is a circle with a yellow transparent material which is clear and see-through that is like glass coloured paper. Around the outside of the circular sun is a translucent paper which means the light is just about to pass through and it is not totally clear. Ibn Al-Hatham is incorporated into my project when the light enters in a straight line into my structure to reach the mirrors. Overall my structure is an example of radial symmetry because it has a central axis.
Here are all my drafts:
One of my challenges of completing this project well was trying to make sure no light was getting in the box as it would distract from what I was trying to make with the light. I think if I did this project again I would try and incorporate more of the story about the raven who stole the sun. This project was a lot of fun but was confusing at the start of the project.
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