Students also explored the science behind the prism, and how our eye sees color. After instruction, classes had to fill in the blanks on the following statements:
Light is energy made up of tiny particles that travel in ____(waves)__.
A clear optical element (shown below) that refracts light is called a __(prism)__.
___White___ light is made of all of the colors in the visible spectrum.
Our eye “sees” color using tiny photo-receptor cells called __cones__.