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Activity 11: Light and Colours

Optics / Light

Target group: Children of 3 to 6 years in kindergarten

Aim: Recognize that coloured filters filter the light and do not let all colours of the spectrum through.

Where? Group area

How long? 60 minutes or more

What? Experiments with colour filters and making coloured eyeglasses

Preparation:

Coloured paper, red, yellow, blue plastic filters, electrical wire, scissors, Pritt sticks, mirrors.

Steps:

The children look through coloured filters and notice that their environment looks changed. They compare the filters and discover that the different colours let different amounts of light through. They put the filters on top of each other and see that a grey tone as with sun glasses is the result.

They express the desire to make colour eyeglasses and make these from the prepared material.

Afterwards they experiment with the finished eyeglasses and coloured drawings, in order to find out which filter lets which colour through.

Scientific Explanation:

Colour filters filter the light and prevent certain colours from reaching the eye. The entire environment is immersed in the respective colour - red for example -; red things however cannot be seen any more.

Possible Variation:

Making of 3-D-glasses with a red and a green colour cutout and use of these eyeglasses when watching a 3-D-Film.

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