Color

Cecelia Brown                  Anton Dvorak Specialty Academy
                               3615 W. 16th.
                               Chicago IL 60624
                               (312) 534-1690

Objectives:

This Mini-Teach is designed for K-6.  This lesson is designed to introduce 
primary and secondary colors of light. 

Materials Needed:

Activity 1 

Paper Plates
Scissors
Crayons
Pegs or Pencils
Rulers or Protractors
Tape

Activity 2

Red, blue, and green filters  
Overhead Projector
Three Mirrors

Activity 3

Bubble Solution
Bubble Wands or drinking straws for each student

Activity 4

A Flag that has green and black strips, black stars, and a yellow background 
where the white is suppose to be.

Strategies:

Activity 1 (Circle Wheel)

With the scissors, cut the outer circle off of paper plate, divide the plate 
into eight equal sessions and color it red, blue, yellow, purple, white, green, 
indigo, and orange.  Put a hole in the center of the circle, push the pencil or 
peg through the hole and attach the tape to back of plate.  The purpose of the 
peg or pencil is to spin the plate.    

Activity 2 (Color Demonstration)

The object to this activity is to show how the primary colors (red, blue, and 
green) are separate colors but if you mix these colors you make secondary 
colors.  Then if you mix secondary colors you make white.

Activity 3 (Bubbles)
 
The students use the bubble to first blow and observe.  The students are then 
asked to make a list of all colors that they observe in the bubbles.  The 
students are then asked what kind of light they see hitting the bubbles.  They
should say they see white light passing through the bubbles causing the bubbles 
to appear different colors.  

Activity 4 (Is Seeing Believing)

The students are given a flag that is black, green, and yellow.  The students 
are then asked to stare at the star in the bottom right hand corner for 30 
seconds and then turn the card over to the white side and observe what happens. 
The students should see the pinkish-red, white, and blue american flag.  The 
colors appear because the eye cones get tied and see complementary colors of the 
original colors.  Example:  White light minus green gives pinkish-red, and White 
light minus yellow gives blue.  

Performance Assessment:

The students are then asked to answer in written form "What happens when you add 
blue, yellow, green, and pink together?"  They should answer White.