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Lesson 4

Title: Light
Objectives:
1. Know that white light is made of many colours, and this can be shown through the dispersion
of white light, using a prism.
2. Describe how colours of light can be added, subtracted, absorbed and reflected.
Activity 1: Light Mixing (Adding Colours of Light)
1. Using the ray box, shine the light through the 3 filters of primary colour and observe what colour of
light is being transmitted.
2. Next, overlap any two primary colour filters and observe the colour produced.
3. Predict the colour produced.
4. Open the link provided: https://ophysics.com/l1.html
5. Conduct a simulation of how colour of light can be produced.

Activity 2: Refraction of light through prism


Procedure:
1. Setup:
 Place the prism on a stable surface in a darkened room.
 Position the white light source (flashlight or sunlight) so that it shines through the
prism.
 Use black cardboard to create a narrow slit for the light to pass through before it hits
the prism, ensuring a focused beam.
 Place the white screen or white paper on the other side of the prism to catch the
dispersed light.
2. Observation:
 Direct the beam of white light through the prism.
 Observe the spectrum of colours that appears on the white screen.
3. Open link provided below to conduct simulation.
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/bending-light/latest/bending-light_all.html
4. Discussion Point
 Why does a prism separate white light into different colours?
 What happens to the light waves as they pass through the prism?
 Why do we see a rainbow of colours instead of just one colour?

Activity 3: Worksheet
1. Write the correct Primary Colour and Secondary Colour in the column provided:

2. Match the following colour with the correct combination when added.

Red + Blue Cyan

Red + Green Yellow

Green + Blue Magenta

1. (a) Label the diagram using the words below:


Ray of white light Prism A spectrum
(b) Colour in the spectrum in which red light bends the least, violet bends the most.
Write down the names of the colours in the spectrum.

(c) Explain why white light splits up into the different colours when it goes through a
prism.

2. In white light coloured objects reflect some of the light while the rest is absorbed.

Black objects abosrb all colours. If you have a red coat on it, appears red because

only red light is reflected.

(a) Which colours are absorbed by the red coat?

(b) Which colours are reflected from

i. Black trousers :
ii. A white shirt :

iii. A blue jumper :

(c) You can change the colour of light using filter. There only allow light of the colour of
the filter through and absorb all the other colours. Complete the table below.
Item of
In white light In red light In green light In blue light
clothing
White shirt Green
Red tie Red
Blue jeans Blue
Green belt Black

3. There are three primary colours of light. They are red, green and blue. All the
other colours of the spectrum are mixtures of these colours. What two primary
colours of light do you think makes up:

i. Yellow light :

ii. Violet light :

iii. Cyan light :

4. Explain what colour a white object would look like in green light.

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5. In a dark room a pure blue and a pure green light are shined onto red ball. What
colour would it appear and why?

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