Color Vision
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About
Topics
- Photons
- Rainbows
- Monochromatic Light
- White Light
Description
Make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. Change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or filter white light. View the light as a solid beam, or see the individual photons.
Sample Learning Goals
- Determine what color the person sees for various combinations of red, green, and blue light.
- Describe the color of light that is able to pass through different colored filters.
For Teachers
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Investigation of a Solution’s Color (Qualitative and Quantitative) - Guided Inquiry Activity |
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Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro | Guided | 6/23/15 |
Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 5/26/15 |
RGB Color |
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Doug Spicher | MS | Lab | 2/24/14 | |
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | 5/27/15 | |
Color Vision Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro HS |
HW | 5/26/15 | |
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | 10/19/15 | ||
Pixel Peeping | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | 8/30/15 | ||
Color Vision | Hana Nudelman | K-5 | Lab | 3/15/15 | ||
Colors of Light | Victoria Smith | K-5 | Lab | 3/17/13 | ||
Color Vision (or Seeing Colors) | David Moutoux | HS | Lab | 3/3/08 | ||
Introduction to Light & Color | Kim Dallas | HS | Lab | 12/27/07 |
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Software Requirements
Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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