Title of Lesson Sunlight & Colours Grade Level 1

Subject Science Time Frame 40 min

Developed By Hailey Rausch

Stage 1: Desired Results

General
Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to different
Learning
materials
Outcome(s)
Specific
Learning Demonstrate at least one way to separate sunlight into component colours.
Outcome(s)
Learning Students will be able to:
Objective(s)  Illustrate how sunlight is broken down into component colours.

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Summative Formative Drawing their observations
N/A
Assessment Assessment Discussion Questions

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Mirror
Dish
Tech to Resources to
Video Flashlight
Do Bring Paper
White Printer Paper
Time Content/Description Notes
Experiment

Start with an attention grabber: Turn on ears, zip our mouths, and
put our looking glasses. Discuss quiet coyote, and my expectations.
Have materials set
Prompting question: When I say “go” in your pod groups I would like
up ahead of time
you to think and talk about what colour the light from the sun is,
10 min using your whisper voices.
Circulate the room
while the students
*Quiet coyote to bring everyone back in*
discuss as groups.

*I will select a student from each pod to tell me what they

discussed.*
 Now we are going to do an experiment. We are going to turn off the
lights, close the blinds, and I am going to shine a flashlight onto a
mirror sitting in a container of water. Before we start, I want you to
predict what is going to happen by thinking in your head.

While I am showing you the experiment, I want you to remember

what you are seeing, and afterwards draw it on the piece of paper
that I am going to give you. This is called an observation.

Observation & Thinking Questions

*Allow students to make drawings of their observations*

*When time is up have the students place their drawing in the done
bin*

Ask thinking questions and have students raise their hands to

answer:
Circulate the
 What did you see? Rainbow
20 min classroom while
 What colours did we see? ROYGBIV
they are making
 Are the colours of the rainbow always the same? Yes
their observations.
 Do the colours always appear in the same order? Yes
 Does anyone know of another way to make a rainbow? (Correct
answers: rain, mist, crystals, oil, bubbles)
Discuss how light from the sun appears to be white or even yellow,
but it is actually made up of the 7 colours of the rainbow known as
the spectrum.

Video

Now we are going to watch a video that tells us even more about Make sure audio
5 min
light and how it is broken up into many colours. works beforehand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPPLhPTAIk
Formative Assessment:

Thumbs Up Thumbs Down: Students respond to the questions by

answering “yes” with a thumbs up, and “no” with a thumbs down.

 Is light made up of the colour red on the spectrum only? No

 Is light made up of the colours of the rainbow? Yes
5 min  Can we see the components of light using a crystal? Yes
 Can we see the components of light using a rock? No
 Is spectrum the correct name for colours of the rainbow? Yes
 Are there 5 colours in the colour spectrum? No
 Are there 7 colours in the colour spectrum?Yes
 Are the colours in the rainbow/ spectrum red, orange, yellow,
green, teal, indigo, pink? No