Color Vision
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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
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
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 |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
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| Color Vision Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| PHET Digtial Wave Lab | Martin Hofkamp | HS MS K-5 |
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| Color Simulation | Monica Arismendez | K-5 | HW Lab Guided |
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| Color Vision Lab! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Guided Lab |
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| Color Vision pHet Lab | Zach Yindra | MS | Guided Lab |
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| Color Vision Sim Lab | Sam Steele | MS | Guided HW Lab |
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| Pixel Peeping | Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt | UG-Intro HS |
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| Seeing Colors | Charina Genosolango and Cyrelle Jay Cordero | MS K-5 UG-Intro HS |
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| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | K-5 Grad MS HS UG-Intro UG-Adv |
HW Discuss |
| Simulações no Ensino de Fisica | Carla Tavares | HS | Guided Demo Discuss Other MC Lab HW |
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Translations
Related Simulations
Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Chrome.
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Safari 9+, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Chrome.
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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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