Light Color Wheel

Construct a simple device that allows students to combine the colors of light, creating a multitude of colors across the visible color spectrum.

Grades covered: through 12

Curriculum Topics: Color mixing, Light, Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Standards

Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

Common Standards Click to View

Plan & conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 1||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer |||Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer|||Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer|||Develop & use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. [Both light & mechanical waves. ] ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

California Standards (Click to View)

2.c. The color of light striking an object affects how our eyes see it.||CA Science||Grade 3||01. Physical Sciences||2. Light has a source and travels in a direction.|||3.a. Energy can be carried from one place to another by heat flow, or by waves including water waves, light and sound, or by moving objects.||CA Science||Grade 6||03. Heat (Thermal Energy) (Physical Science)||3. Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature.|||6.a. Visible light is a small band within a very broad electromagnetic spectrum.||CA Science||Grade 7||06. Physical Science: Physical Principles in Living Systems||6. Physical principles underlie biological structures and functions.|||4.e. Radio waves, light and X-rays are different wavelength bands in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves whose speed in vacuum is approximately 3×10⁸ m/s (186,000 miles/second).||Grade 9-12||01. Physics||4. Waves||4. Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave.

Categories include:

Physical Science
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Science

Tags: Information Processing, Waves, Light

Subjects covered: ["Physical Science"]

Light Color Wheel

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