Lighten Up Challenge

The fourth grade students were recently challenged to use all that they have learned about light and angles to engineer a lighting system for an Egyptian tomb. 

Dear Optical Engineers,
Archaeologists have recently discovered a long lost Egyptian Tomb. When they explored the inside of the tomb, they found valuable antiquities as well as numerous painted hieroglyphs no the interior walls. The country of Egypt would like to allow visitors to enter the pyramid, so the entire world can view the hieroglyphs to learn about life during ancient times. However, the hieroglyphs are very sensitive to light and must never be illuminated with direct or intense light. Please work as a group to design a lighting system that will illuminate the hieroglyphs on the inside of the Egyptian tomb.

Criteria and Constraints:

• The hieroglyphs must be placed on two different walls of the tomb.
• The hieroglyphs must never be touched by direct light.
• The hieroglyphs must be illuminated by indirect light that has been reflected at least two times.
• You may only use the materials provided.