View LED lights through the eyes of a scientist. Young scholars learn to view light as a wave frequency and connect various frequencies to different colors on the light spectrum. A lab activity asks groups to measure the frequency of different LED lights to determine the hidden color.

Concepts

colors, wavelength, energy, light spectrum, the color spectrum

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate the introductory material as a lesson presentation prior to the lab activity
• Use different colors of LED lights for an additional challenge

Classroom Considerations

• Requires specific lab materials that require set up prior to the lesson

Pros

• Provides suggestions for finding lab materials
• Includes extension activities that highlight different content areas

Cons

• None