Take a real close look at your phone screen. What do you see? Here's an activity that provides guidance on how to look at a smart phone screen in order to see the pixels and to see how the phone creates colors and motion on the screen.

Concepts

pixels, colors, color recognition, cell phones, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Use a projection microscope so the entire class can see at the same time
• Include with a lesson on color blending using color wheels

Classroom Considerations

• Needs at least a 10X microscope

Pros

• You can enlarge images to get a better perspective
• Provides the biological reason color pixels are created the way they are

Cons

• None