Light Is Color!
The Comic (and Coloring and Activity) Guide to Visible and Invisble Things
Released Oct 24, 2020
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This is an educational comic and activity book designed to teach children about light, color, and related physics concepts aligned to 4th–8th grade standards. The content is entirely science-focused with no concerning material; it combines humor, comics, coloring pages, and hands-on activities to make complex topics engaging and accessible. The book encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and exploration of how the world works.
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How is a lightning bug's light different than the light from the screen of an iPad? What does Betelgeuse have to do with an armpit? Why do rainbows always appear in the same colors? What does you eating, breathing, and not dying have to do with plants being green? If sugar has solar energy, then why don't you need to w... How is a lightning bug's light different than the light from the screen of an iPad? What does Betelgeuse have to do with an armpit? Why do rainbows always appear in the same colors? What does you eating, breathing, and not dying have to do with plants being green? If sugar has solar energy, then why don't you need to wear sunglasses when you look at a candy bar? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this comic (and coloring and activity) guide to visible and invisible things!"Light is Color! The comic (and coloring and activity) guide to visible and invisible things is an interactive book featuring 102 pages, 12 chapters and 13 activities to test your knowledge on all things light. Aligned to the 4th-8th Next Generation Science Standards, this book covers essential topics such as: absorption, transmission, reflection, and refraction of light waves; transparency, translucency, and opacity of materials; convex and concave lenses; the electromagnetic spectrum, prisms and wavelengths; additive and subtractive color in art; the transfer of heat energy; and the process of photosynthesis. Readers can also explore different career opportunities utilizing this knowledge base.Irreverent and informative, funny and functional, this book was created by a team of dedicated educators and science communicators. Table of Contents:What is Light?Absorbing InformationYou're So OpaqueTransparent or TranslucentColor = LightROYGBIVMeet Your Best Friends: Photosynthetic OrganismsThe 8-Minute Old Light and the SeaArt Doesn't Imitate Life, At Least When it Comes to LightA Lens on LensesHow to Light Up Your LifeActivity AnswersGlossaryFor TeachersAbout the Authors
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ISBN 9781736048504