{"id":9679,"date":"2025-12-18T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/3rd\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:53:54","slug":"bending-light-in-3rd-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/3rd\/2025\/12\/18\/bending-light-in-3rd-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Bending Light in 3rd Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"567\">Following our study of light reflection, students experimented with the refraction of light as it travels from air to water. In this experiment, students placed a piece of paper with two arrows drawn in the same direction behind a large glass of water. They observed that one arrow appeared to change direction when viewed through the water. 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