Rosie Recommends Visible Light Activities!
Check out these tried and tested visible light activities from other STEM educational resources!
Recommended Resources
Resource 1
This super fun experiment combines refraction with a lesson in color mixing, so it’s particularly good for our littlest friends (pre-K through 1st grade).
Resource 2
For older kids interested in visible light, build this spectroscope! While it sounds complicated, this simple instrument made from tape, a cardboard paper towel tube, and an old CD, splits light into different wavelengths along a spectrum. This one requires some angled cutting, ideally with an X-ACTO knife, so it’s best to do it with an adult present!
Resource 3
Explore the physics of light that create rainbows with this fun activity from Scientific American.