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DASEF Summer Schedule 2025 PDF (TBA)
2025 DASEF Program
The Science Behind the Colors in Nature:
Why is the sky blue and a sunset orange? What makes a rainbow so colorful? Learn the “Science behind the color in nature” at Delaware Libraries with DASEF!
Color is defined as the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object’s light absorption, reflection, emission spectra, and interference. Participants will learn about prisms, kaleidoscopes, camouflage, rainbows, and blue skies as they explore different concepts of color in nature.
Activities include coloring stained glass designs, using color paddles to learn principles of color, learning about stereograms (magic eye illusions), and more!
Contact your Delaware Public Library for more information on this Summer Library Reading Program in partnership with (DASEF) Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation!
Participation:
- Intro Demo – White Light – Why is the sky blue and a sunset orange?
- Light reflection – Kaleidoscopes
- Light refraction – Prisms
- Properties of Light: Translucent/Transparent/Opaque – Stained Glass
- Principles of Color – Combining colors to form other colors using color paddles
- Hidden by colors (Visual Perception) – Camouflage and Magic Eye
- Possible take-aways: Mazes, word searches, book mark, coloring pages, hidden pictures
For grades K-5
Suggested Books List
- How Crayons Saved the Rainbow in DLC
- The Rainbow Fish– in DLC
- How Colour Works – Amazon
- All About Color – Amazon | eBook in DLC
For More Fun This Summer
For more information about the Summer Reading Program visit: 2024 Delaware Library Summer Reading Program Guide. – TBA
This program is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Delaware Division of Libraries and Delaware Public Libraries.
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