I really enjoyed this unit. The way that colors work has always fascinated me since I was a little kid so it’s always interesting to me to find out the science behind why and how certain colors show up. Also, my friend who is in a physics class is studying color right now too so we’ve been having some interesting conversations about refraction and how different colors travel at different speeds. It’s made me feel pretty smart.
So as an early childhood and special education major, I am always interested to see what experiments and learning opportunities there are for children. I found this little home experiment about “making rainbows” at home with children. It gives five examples of how to do this using everything from water to mirrors (basically reflective surfaces). It just goes to show that science can be learned at any age!
http://onetimethrough.com/how-to-make-rainbows-at-home/
I guess I’m just on a role for finding lesson plan and experiment articles today! Here’s a science fair experiment challenge video where they dissect the glasses and examine polarization occurring with the glasses. The person conducting the experiment isn’t quite sure what is going on, but there are some useful comments that explain how polarization works and how certain light is allowed to pass through while other light is blocked.
Color blindness was another interesting topic that we touched on in this unit. I have a friend from high school is completely color blind and had no clue until his sixth grade year. I thought it would be fun to take a test and see if I had any of the types of color blindness! I don’t so that’s nice but feel free to take the test and see if you might be color blind.
https://enchroma.com/pages/test
Here’s a video with a color wheel science experiment that I thought looked interesting. It shows what colors appear when the wheel is spun at different speeds. It’s pretty interesting to see why certain colors pop up while others don’t.
