🔦 Part 1: Before the Experiment

1. What do you think will happen to colors when we shine a flashlight on them?

2. Circle the safety rules we should follow with flashlights:

Never shine the light in someone's eyes

Keep batteries safe

Share the flashlight with your group

Point the flashlight at the ceiling

🌈 Part 2: Color Observations in Bright Light

3. When you shine the flashlight on colored paper in bright light, what do you see?

Red paper: ________________________

Blue paper: ________________________

Yellow paper: ________________________

Green paper: ________________________

4. Draw what the red paper looks like in bright light:

🌙 Part 3: Color Observations in Dim Light

5. When you shine the flashlight on colored paper in dim light, what do you see?

Red paper: ________________________

Blue paper: ________________________

Yellow paper: ________________________

Green paper: ________________________

6. Draw what the red paper looks like in dim light:

🔍 Part 4: Comparing Your Observations

7. Complete these sentences about what you observed:

In bright light, the red color looks ____________, but in dim light, it looks ____________.

In bright light, the blue color looks ____________, but in dim light, it looks ____________.

8. Which colors looked the SAME in both bright and dim light? Circle all that apply:

Red

Blue

Yellow

Green

None of them looked the same

9. Which colors looked DIFFERENT in bright and dim light? Check all that apply:

Red

Blue

Yellow

Green

🧠 Part 5: Think Like a Scientist

10. Why do you think some colors look different when the light changes?

11. Match the science words with their meanings:

1. Light intensity

2. Bright

3. Dim

4. Observe

A. Not very much light

B. To look carefully and notice

C. How strong or weak light is

D. Lots of light

12. What other questions do you have about light and color?

Light and Color Experiment

Light and Color Experiment

🔦 Part 1: Before the Experiment

🌈 Part 2: Color Observations in Bright Light

🌙 Part 3: Color Observations in Dim Light

🔍 Part 4: Comparing Your Observations

🧠 Part 5: Think Like a Scientist

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