Light & Colour – By Request!

Students learn about properties of light in this fun interactive workshop

• Investigate rainbows using the visible light spectrum, plus learn about colour addition and subtraction
• Explore luminescent minerals and other objects using ultraviolet light
• Make coloured shadows and create hovering images
• Learn about translucent, transparent and opaque materials
• Investigate optical fibre and it’s use in hi-speed broadband technology
• Mix creative colour changing chemical concoctions, see illusions and more!

Price

• $200 inc GST per session with 30 students.
• $300 inc GST per session with 60 students.
• $400 inc GST per session with 90 students.

Primary School Outcomes

Australian Curriculum Outcomes

• Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed (ACSSU020)
• Light from a source forms shadows and can be absorbed, reflected and refracted (ACSSU080)

NSW Science Syllabus Outcomes

A student:

• describes some sources of light and sound that they sense in their daily lives (ST1-6PW)
• uses scientific knowledge about the transfer of light to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives (ST3-7PW)

Fits within Primary Connections: Light fantastic

High School Outcomes

NSW Science Syllabus Content
A student:

• discusses how scientific understanding and technological developments have contributed to finding solutions to problems involving energy transfers and transformations SC4-11PW.
• explains how scientific understanding about energy conservation, transfers and transformations is applied in systems SC5-11PW
• appreciates the importance of science in their lives and the role of scientific inquiry in increasing understanding of the world around them SC4-1VA & SC5-1VA

Australian ACARA Content Outcomes:
Science

• Energy transfer through different mediums can be explained using wave and particle models (ACSSU182)
• Energy conservation in a system can be explained by describing energy transfers and transformations (ACSSU190)