Color Vision
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Original Sim and Translations |
About
Topics
- Photons
- Monochromatic Light
- White Light
- Rainbows
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 Tips
| Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Video Primer
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors | Level | Type |
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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 |
| Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| Color Vision Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | |
| Color Vision pHet Lab | Zach Yindra | MS | Guided Lab |
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| Color Vision Sim Lab | Sam Steele | MS | HW Lab Guided |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | ||
| Pixel Peeping | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
Lab | ||
| Seeing Colors | Charina Genosolango and Cyrelle Jay Cordero | UG-Intro MS K-5 HS |
Demo Lab HW |
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Translations
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| Belarusian | All беларускі |
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Каляровы зрок | ||
| Chinese (Traditional) | All 中文 (台灣) |
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彩色視覺 | ||
| Danish | All Dansk |
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Farvesyn | ||
| Dutch | All Nederlands |
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Kleuren zien | ||
| Finnish | All suomi |
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Värien näkeminen | ||
| Italian | All italiano |
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Visione dei Colori | ||
| Latvian | All Latviešu |
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Krāsu redze | ||
| Polish | All polski |
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Widzenie kolorowe | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil) | All português (Brasil) |
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Visão de Cor | ||
| Slovak | All Slovenčina |
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Farebné videnie | ||
| Spanish (Peru) | All español (Perú) |
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La Visión del Color | ||
| Swahili | All Swahili |
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Ndoto ya Rangi | ||
| Thai | All ไทย |
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การมองแสงสี | ||
| Vietnamese | All Tiếng Việt |
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Thị giác màu |
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Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Internet Explorer 10+ latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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Safari 6.1 and up latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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latest version of Safari
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latest version of Chrome
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Credits
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