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Title:
| Physics: Light |
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Description:
| These sites are about visible light and the color spectrum. Learn the basic concepts of color theory including the color wheel, additive and subtractive colors, reflection, and refraction. Try the online color blindness test. There is also information about the speed of light and how the eye works. |
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Grade Level:
| 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Resource Links:
| Carmine's Introduction to Color
This interactive site covers primary and secondary colors, the color wheel, and tints and shades. Includes a quiz.
Sanford's ArtEdventures with Carmine Chameleon: Color Theory
This fun interactive adventure teaches students about color theory, including complementary colors, warm and cool colors, and the color wheel. Includes examples of famous paintings.
Color Matters: Factoid
This site has interesting trivia about color.
Color Matters: The Body
Are blue M&M's your favorite? Read to find out why this color isn't a popular choice for food.
Make a Splash with Color
This is a child-friendly introduction to color and light. Covers the spectrum, filters, hue, saturation and brightness. Also explains how the eye works and shows how animals see color.
Exploratorium: Mix & Match
This interactive site challenges you to try to mix the three primary colors of light (red, blue, green) to match a specific color.
Exploratorium: Bird in a Cage
This site includes two color illusions. Stare at the objects, then stare at the blank space and find out what you will see.
Sight vs. Sound Reflexes
Take an interactive test to see if you react faster to sights or sounds. This is a fun activity for the SMARTboard.
Have Some Color Fun!
This company's Web site includes some fun interactive games that test your knowledge about hue, saturation, additive and subtractive colors, and the color cube.
Prismology
This page explains how a prism works and shows the difference between colors made from light and colors used for printing. Roll your mouse over the images to see changes.
Color Theory
This article discusses key concepts of color theory: hue, saturation, chroma, and value. Click on the cubes to see them enlarged.
Molecular Expressions: Color Filters
This interactive activity lets you drag filters over different colored light to see the changes that occur.
Reflection of Light
This interactive site shows how light is reflected. Manipulate the wavelength and angle to change the reflected light.
Moire Patterns
Moire patterns occur in print when printing plates aren't aligned. Play with these interactive images and see how moire patterns can be used in illusions.
Color
This page offers a good explanation of how a prism works and the absortion and reflection of light and the color spectrum. Site includes illustrations that make it easier for students to understand.
Ishihara Test for Color Blindness
Take this color blindness test to see if you can distinguish between the colors.
Color Blindness FAQ
This site provides brief answers to common questions about color blindness.
NOVA Online
Learn how fast light travels and choose which objects can slow it down.
The Science of Light
Try these activities about light, color, and mirrors.
BrainPop: Vision
Wait for the ad to finish loading, then watch this movie about vision. Includes a quiz. Click on "Experiment with Bob" to try an easy eye experiment.
Molecular Expressions: Color Separation
Move the images on top of each other to see how the different colored images combine to make a printed photograph.
ThinkQuest: Color, Expression, Sensations
This site from Brazil is about color, its characteristics, and meaning. There is information on vision, chromotherapy, and chromatic illusions.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.10, 2.4, 2.5, 3.5, 3.6, 1, 7
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