TESTIMONIALS

A country & western on Light and Colour

Lost on the banks of the Ohio, County and Western singer Roy Gee stumbles upon the Light Fantastic café - the last remaining place to have any colour. In a desperate bid to save the precious colours, he and café owner, Dolly, set to work.

Using trays for mirrors, ice-cubes for prisms and saucers for lenses, they gradually unfold a major inter-planetary crisis - and only our own solar system can shed light on the problem...

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Key Stage 1

• The children are introduced to the concepts of Light and Dark (dark being the absence of light)
• Light Sources are demonstrated and the 7 Colours of the Rainbow through inter-active audience participation songs
• Light is shown to travel in Straight Lines and the principle of Reflection is shown with particular reference to the periscope and moonlight
• Basic Shadow Formation is also demonstrated 

Key Stage 2

• As KS1 but in greater detail...
• Uses terminology such as Luminous and Non-Luminous Light sources
• Demonstrated how we see things (by light entering the eye
• Demonstrated how we see particular colours (colour absorption and reflection)

"A fast-paced enjoyable show.  It had something [for] all of our children"

Joel Marsters,  
North Border Primary School