Light Waves
Essential Questions:
- How do we see visible light?
- How do we perceive color?
- How can our eyes be tricked into seeing things differently?
Different WAVELENGTHS make different COLORS!
--Which color has the highest frequency?
--Which color has the lowest frequency?
--Which color has the highest frequency?
--Which color has the lowest frequency?
Things to think about:
What makes red light red or blue light blue? (What part of the wave?) Do our eyes see color very well or do we only see a few colors? Can our eyes and brain be tricked into seeing other colors? Essential Question: What is white light made of? How do we see colors? (Why is the banana yellow?) |
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Radiolab: Colors
A great podcast about color, including:
---What is color? ---Have we always seen the same colors? ---What will humans do to get certain colors? ---Can some people see more colors than others? |
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THE HUMAN EYE
Watch these two videos to help understand
the different parts of the human eye. Compare it to the human ear. - What parts help catch the light? - What parts transfer it to the inside of the eye? - What parts change light to signals the brain can understand? |
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