Scientific Reference:
Snell’s law: The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
Materials needed:
- Board
- Ping-pong balls (one for each child if you are going to hand them out after the story)
- Card stock printed with scripture reference and verse on one side and Snell’s law on the other
- Assistant
Telling The Story:
(Introduce your assistant. Ask your assistant to hold the board perpendicular to the floor. Stand three or four feet away and throw a ping-pong ball at a 90-degree angle at the board. The ball should bounce back to you. Ask the children to describe what happened. Stand at a 45-degree angle from the board and throw another ping-pong ball at the board at that angle. The ball should bounce off the board and away from you.) Do you know what just happened? (Let the …