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Glowstick Science: Glowstick Color Lab
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Rebecca E. Vieyra and Caroline Hall
This cross-disciplinary lesson blends physics, chemistry, and life science as students use liquid from glow sticks to investigate RGB color addition. The purpose of the activity is to promote understanding of the difference between mixing the primary colors of light (red, green, and blue) and mixing paint pigment. Activated glow sticks are light-emitting objects; thus, mixing different glow stick colors will produce RGB color addition, which is not possible with paint or other pigmented light-reflecting objects. This lesson was inspired by the following articles in The Physics Teacher journal: "Glow Sticks: Spectra and Color Mixing", by J. Birriel and I. Birriel; and "As Easy as R.B.G.", by L. Parsons.
Editor's Note: Glow sticks produce an example of chemiluminescence, an exothermic reaction in which energy is released in the form of light without heat.
Safety Precautions: Wear gloves and safety goggles when handling the chemicals in a light stick. H2O2 is an oxidizing agent that can cause skin irritation. The fluorescent dyes are considered toxic and must not be ingested. Never try to open a glow stick with your mouth. When opening a glow stick and breaking the glass vial inside, make sure you wear safety goggles to prevent shards of glass or chemicals from reaching the eye.
Glowstick Science: Glowstick Color Lab
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Next Generation Science StandardsMatter and Its Interactions (MS-PS1)
Students who demonstrate understanding can: (6-8)
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes (MS-LS1)
Students who demonstrate understanding can: (6-8)
Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Chemical Reactions (PS1.B)
Electromagnetic Radiation (PS4.B)
Information Processing (LS1.D)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Cause and Effect (K-12)
Structure and Function (K-12)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions (K-12)
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