Description
These rainbow glasses are part of a range of science toys, kits & teaching aids for teaching about light & colour for schools and in the home. Use for engaging science at home or in the classroom!
Teaching ideas for Rainbow Glasses
These glasses split white light into rainbows; perfect for discussing the visible spectrum, refraction or perhaps light emissions from stars.
Light diffraction through fireworks glasses
- Discuss the visible light spectrum (red through to violet). Compare energy levels of visible light with UV light and the rest of the spectrum.
- Get students to wear the rainbow glasses and rock back and forth whilst looking at a white light source (not the Sun!). They will see the rainbow spectrum stretch and compress slightly. When light sources move away from you their light is RED shifted, whereas if they move toward you the light is BLUE shifted. It is this Doppler effect that Edwin Hubble used as evidence for the Big Bang Theory as he observed galaxies moving further and accelerating faster away from us and everything else.
- Split light using a glass prism
Focus red, green and blue lights on a whiteboard. During the demonstration:
- Turn each light on individually.
These are primary light colours - Mix pairs of lights to form secondary coloursRed + Green = Yellow
Red + Blue = Magenta
Blue + Green = Cyan
School science visit that expands on this science teaching resource
Find out about the Light & Colour School Science Incursion
Find out about the Light & Colour School Science Incursion
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-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big Fun