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Know It All Media: Light and Color InteractiveKnow It All Media: Light and Color Interactive
Publisher
South Carolina Educational Television
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Interactives
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For Administrator Use
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
0L
Interactive

Know It All Media: Light and Color

Curated by ACT

Why do we see certain colors? This interactive animation demonstrates the concept of the visible spectrum, and how we see the different colors of the rainbow.

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Concepts

color, light, visible light

Additional Tags

etv, knowitall, reflect, visible spectrum, 4-ps4-2, primary color, rainbow, colored visible light

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice

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