If your electromagnetic spectrum lesson plan has you feeling a little blue, here's a resource that will have you tickled pink! A video from a vast physics playlist describes color from its humble beginnings as a wavelength to its perception within your brain. 

Concepts

colors, wavelength, white light, the speed of light, absorption, reflections, cones, eyes, the brain

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Dig deeper into color vision using a vibrant interactive
• Have pupils read about the types of color blindness in an article as a part of an inherited traits lesson
  
  

Classroom Considerations

• Display the electromagnetic spectrum and the wavelengths of visible light for learners to refer to during the video
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Simple explanations make the video very student-friendly
• Animated rods and cones help viewers comprehend how the eye senses color and transmits it to the brain
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2