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Mar. 7, 2009

The Science of Light & Color

Posted in Science and other Hands On activities

I just have to share with you this really fantastic book that we are using right now for our science studies.

Super Science ~ Light & Color by Frank Millson has got to be the coolest little book that you could add to your bookshelves for studying light and color! At the bargain price of under $10 it has all the materials included to complete 10 great experiments sure to please everyone ;)

It covers topics like what light is and how it travels with easy to understand, illustrated and short and to the point explanations. K started by making a simple periscope learning about how light reflects followed by learning about shadows and their two shades: umbra & penumbra *grin*.

Then it was time to learn about transparent and translucent items, how they effect the path of light and refraction in action! Included with the book are 3 plastic lenses in concave, convex and flat shapes that are ready to be filled with gelatin and used to observe how they refract light and change the images you view with them. I think that this was our favorite experiment :)

We learned about white light, prisms and how they can disperse white light creating a visible spectrum with a pair of super cool prism glasses that come with the book and the above spectrum disk that when spun like a top really fast combines all of the colors back to a white color.

The final experiments in the book teach about how and why we see certain colors with the use of the three additive primary colors of light and how they differ from the primary colors (red, yellow & blue) that you use in art.

K really enjoyed working through all of the experiments and I was happy with the simplicity of them and the fact that everything was included! I could have easily given this book to K and he would have been able to do it on his own, but I wanted to join in on the fun *grin*. So if you are looking for something that your child can work on with minimal supervision then this is the one :) If you know of some great little science books like this one I would love to hear about them!

Blessings,

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Mar. 7, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jacqueline

Sounds wonderful!

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Posted by ApplesofGold

Your homeschool looks like so much fun! Thanks for the tip on this science book-it looks like a winner. Holly

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Mar. 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TomySky

We had fun with that book when we shot the activities for the Discover & Do DVD.

Love the pictures [smile].

~Luke

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Mar. 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by eclecticeducation

Looks like a lot of fun!! :)

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Hello from Canada! I am a homeschooling mom to 3 very rambunctious children ages 10, 6 & 3 years old while holding down the fort as tug boat captain 'Dad' sails the seven seas *grin*. We're located on 40 acres in a tiny rural community in beautiful British Columbia and this is my quirky journal about our homeschool journey, running my home based business 'RosyUndPosy' making 'Eco Friendly Bags 4 Green Living', and everyday life home on the farm. Hope you enjoy your visit :)

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