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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| 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 |
| RGB Color |
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Doug Spicher | MS | Lab | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
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| 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 | UG-Intro HS |
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| Color Vision Sim Lab | Sam Steele | MS | Lab HW Guided |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
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| Pixel Peeping | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
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| Color Vision | Hana Nudelman | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Colors of Light | Victoria Smith | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Color Vision (or Seeing Colors) | David Moutoux | HS | Lab | ||
| Introduction to Light & Color | Kim Dallas | HS | Lab |
Translations
Related Simulations
Software Requirements
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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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