Light Is Color!

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...
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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 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 e-comic (and coloring and activity) guide to visible and invisible things is a digital interactive book featuring 14 chapters, 72 coloring pages, 11 slide-to-reveal tasks, and 14 activities to assess 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.The digital e-book format is compatible on tablets and Chromebook and can also be linked to Google Classroom.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