Realize that there is energy beyond visible light that we cannot see. Identify examples of parts of the EM Spectrum in the Wavestown picture.
White light is all colors, like the colors of the rainbow.
Explain that Isaac Newton discovered the color of light by shining white light through a prism. Demonstrate his experiment using a flashlight and a prism. The visible light spectrum is a part of a larger spectrum called the electromagnetic spectrum. Explain that light is energy and that there is energy beyond visible light. In this lesson, they will be studying the electromagnetic spectrum.