Sample Learning Goals
Discuss wave properties using common vocabulary.
Predict the behavior of waves through varying medium and at reflective endpoints.
This is an activity about light. Learners will make their own spectroscopes from easily obtainable materials and use prisms to observe different types of white light sources to see the colors that form the visible light spectrum. This is Activity 2 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum.
Students create a manipulative that helps them learn about the relationship between wavelength and frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Determine what color the person sees for various combinations of red, green, and blue light.
Describe the color of light that is able to pass through different colored filters.
Students learn about the subtractive nature of white light in this Moveable Museum unit. It contains two procedures in which students "take apart" white light and then "put it back together again." The six-page PDF guide includes suggested general background readings for educators, activity notes, step-by-step directions, an easy-to-assemble color wheel, and information about where to obtain supplies. Students use special glasses to see that white light is made up of all the colors of the rainbow and then create a colorful top and spin it to see how the different colors blend into white.
Students learn about the human eye and how it works and the basic information about the different parts of the eye. Text for this article is appropriate for the upper elementary and middle grade levels. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site.