Primary Colors of Light and Paint - Graphic Organizer

Focus Skills: compare and contrast
Paper Handouts: 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper a copy of Graphics 7A-E    
(Adobe Acrobat Reader Required - Click here to download)
Graphic Organizer: Make a Large Question and Answer Book.  Glue/draw Graphic 7A on the cover and title it Primary Colors. Open the
Large Question and Answer Book. On the left tab, glue/draw
Graphic 7B and on the right tab, glue/draw Graphic 7C. Color the
Graphics accordingly. Open the Paint tab. Glue/draw Graphic 7D
on the bottom tab.
Color the primary colors in the color wheel. Combine primary
colors to make the other colors.
Complete . Write the names of the primary colors in black.
Complete . Define the primary colors of paint and explain how other colors are
made with them.

Open the Light tab. Glue/draw Graphic 7E on the bottom tab.
Color the sections accordingly.
Complete . Write the name of the primary colors of light in black.
Complete . Define the primary colors of light and explain how other colors are made.

What Color is White Light?

Focus Skill: demonstrating a concept
Activity Materials: 3 feet of string      crayons or markers        hole puncher
Activity: Cut out Graphic 7F. Using markers or crayons, color the
segments each color of the rainbow. Trace the disk on a sheet
of white paper and cut it out. Glue the white disk to the Graphic
to strengthen it. After the glue has dried, punch two holes near
the center. Hold the disk with the colored side up. From the
underside, push the string through one hole and then down the
second hole. Hold the ends of the string in each hand and make
the disk spin by relaxing and stretching the string. Look at
the disk as it spins. What do you see?

Spinning Colors

Focus Skills: observing
Lab Materials: paper clip
Paper Handouts: a copy of Graphic 7G sheet of white paper
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Activity: Cut out Graphic 7G. Trace the disk on a piece of white paper and
cut it out. Glue the white disk to the Graphic to strengthen it. Make a
small hole in the middle of the disk. Take a paper clip and straighten
one end. Hold the paper clip with the end sticking up. Place the hole of the disk on the
paper clip. Now, spin the disk. What do you see? Spin it in the opposite direction.
What do you see?

Colored Lights

Activity Materials: red, yellow, green, and blue balloons 4 flashlights
white wall or ceiling    
Activity: Cut off the necks of the balloons. Stretch a balloon over each flashlight. Shine the
colored flashlight on the wall. Observe the light as you move the flashlight closer to the wall and then move it farther away. Repeat with all colors. With a partner, try blending two or more colors.

              

Colorful Comics

Activity Materials: magnifying glass newspaper colored comics
Activity: Use the magnifying glass to observe the colors in the comics. What color dots make
green, orange, and purple?

Who’s Who? - Graphic Organizer

Focus Skill: researching and reporting
Paper Handouts: a copy of Graphic 7H Who’s Who Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer: Glue/draw Graphic 7H on the right tab of the Who’s Who Graphic Organizer. Write Lord John Rayleigh and his birth and death dates. Open the tab.
Draw a picture of the scientist or something that relates to his achievements in the study of light.
Write clue words about the scientist: Rayleigh: English physicist, explained why the sky looks blue, Nobel Prize 1904.
Research the scientist and write a paragraph about key points in his life.

 

Experiences, Investigations, and Research

Select one or more of the following activities for individual or group enrichment projects. Allow your students to determine the format in which they would like to report, share, or graphically present what they have discovered. This should be a creative investigation that utilizes your students' strengths.

	1.	Choose a color and write a poem about it. How does the color make you feel? What smells does it make you think of? How would it feel to the touch?
	2.	Experiment with paint colors in their pure form and in different mixtures. Compare and contrast paint colors to light colors.
	3.	List examples of white and black objects, and explain why they appear white and black. Use what you know about light and color to explain why white objects reflect light and black objects absorb it, and explain the importance of this to your daily life.
	4.	Select five objects of different colors, and write descriptively about the color of each. Explain their colors in terms of reflecting and absorbing wavelengths of light.
	5.	Interview 25 people to determine their favorite color. Graph your overall results. Graph your results by male and female favorites.
	6.	http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/education/reference/false/fascol.html - false colors

 

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