black body
rallain | July 8, 2009What do you see when you are in a completely dark room with no lights?
That is a great question to ask. It can bring out some interesting ideas. Anyway, here is an easy demo to show the color black. The basic idea is to build a box that has a small opening. Here is what it looks like from the outside:
As you can see, just a basic box. I have a door on the top, and I put a paper towel tube for a window. To make it look pretty, I covered it with black paper (so you couldn't tell where I stole the box from).
To demo this to students, I first go around and let everyone look inside. I ask…