Standard #: SC.7.P.10.1


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Illustrate that the sun's energy arrives as radiation with a wide range of wavelengths, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and that white light is made up of a spectrum of many different colors.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: 7
Body of Knowledge: Physical Science
Big Idea: Forms of Energy -

A. Energy is involved in all physical processes and is a unifying concept in many areas of science.

B. Energy exists in many forms and has the ability to do work or cause a change.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 1: Recall - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved
Assessed: Yes

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Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SC.7.P.10.In.1 Identify that white (visible) light has many colors, such as when viewed with a prism.
SC.7.P.10.Su.1 Recognize that white (visible) light contains many colors, such as viewed with a prism or rainbow.
SC.7.P.10.Pa.1 Recognize primary colors of a rainbow.


Related Resources

Lesson Plans

Name Description
Wave after Wave: The Properties and Applications of Electromagnetic Radiation

Students will explore the range of wavelengths that comprise the electromagnetic spectrum of radiation from the sun and associate wavelength with frequency and energy. Students will also be able to identify common uses of Electromagnetic Radiation.

Colors of Color

Students will use a spectroscope to observe the color spectrum of different colors of light. They will observe white, red, blue, yellow, purple, orange and green lights by placing a colored film (which absorbs other colors of white light from the flashlight and transmits light the color of the filter) in front of a strong white flashlight bulb.

Basement in the Night

This lesson focuses on the standards that require students to understand:

  • What is light and how does it travel?
  • What is color and how do we see specific colors?

In this lesson students will participate in an observation activity that involves the teacher becoming the boogie man and wearing a specific colored cape. The students will observe the boogie man ( the teacher ) in the room without any sunlight or light from other sources on. Then class will complete a formative assessment using four corners and end the class with a exit slip as a summative.

Visible Light in the EM Spectrum

This is a lesson to address the visible light portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Students will construct and test prisms, identify the visible light spectrum created from prisms, as well as read informational text, summarize, and share with peers.

Cars and Waves MEA

In this Model-Eliciting Activity (MEA), students will analyze data to determine which type of wave in a lab setting is best suited to power a toy car. Then students will analyze a set of data using data from going outside and using electromagnetic waves from the sun.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Stations of Light Student groups rotate through four stations to examine light energy behavior: refraction, magnification, prisms and polarization.
Radiation: The Sun's Energy Students learn about the electromagnetic spectrum.
The Colors of Light

The students will compare/contrast the colors that make up white light in terms of their arrangement in the visible light section of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Content statements:

  • White light is made up of all the colors of light and they are organized in the visible light section of the electromagnetic spectrum according to their wavelengths.
  • Red has the longest wavelengths and violet has the shortest.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The students will identify the various types of radiation that come from the Sun and compare/contrast the types of radiation in terms of their arrangement in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Content statements:

  • The waves that come from the Sun are organized in the electromagnetic spectrum according to their wavelengths.
  • Radio waves have the longest wavelengths and gamma rays have the shortest.

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Solar Radiation Components

Explore the components of solar radiation by examining infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light in this interactive tutorial.

Text Resources

Name Description
Discovery of Infrared Light

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. The article outlines the scientific mindset that led William Herschel to arrive at the discovery of infrared light, an unexpected consequence of an experiment he was conducting. More generally, the article demonstrates the scientific process, from hypothesis to observation and from inference to conclusion.

NASA Electromagnetic Spectrum

This is a very interesting web site about the electromagnetic spectrum. It gives great background information and examples on the different types of waves.

Tutorials

Name Description
Primary Additive Colors

This resource helps the user learn the three primary colors that are fundamental to human vision, learn the different colors in the visible spectrum, observe the resulting colors when two colors are added, and learn what white light is. A combination of text and a virtual manipulative allows the user to explore these concepts in multiple ways.

Primary Subtractive Colors

The user will learn the three primary subtractive colors in the visible spectrum, explore the resulting colors when two subtractive colors interact with each other and explore the formation of black color.

Virtual Manipulative

Name Description
Color Vision

The students will combine the colors red, blue, and green to make colors from all across the color spectrum.

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Solar Radiation Components:

Explore the components of solar radiation by examining infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light in this interactive tutorial.

Tutorials

Name Description
Primary Additive Colors:

This resource helps the user learn the three primary colors that are fundamental to human vision, learn the different colors in the visible spectrum, observe the resulting colors when two colors are added, and learn what white light is. A combination of text and a virtual manipulative allows the user to explore these concepts in multiple ways.

Primary Subtractive Colors:

The user will learn the three primary subtractive colors in the visible spectrum, explore the resulting colors when two subtractive colors interact with each other and explore the formation of black color.



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