2024
Sculpture in steel and acrylic paint
Created by seventh grade students in Ryan Anderson’s English class: Bryan A., Jimena A., Noe A., Seb B., Ian C., Addilyn C., Val C., Harmony H., Peyton K., Orlando M., Edith Q., Julian R., Emmanuel R., Sirah S., Josue V., Anthony C., Vega G.
The light pole on the hill that looks over the soccer field
Up close, the sky is invisible, but from far away, we see the sky as blue. Is the sky visible or invisible?
In spring 2024, seventh-grade students studied the color blue. Blue is the rarest color in nature. Blue was important to many ancient cultures, but many cultures did not have a name for the color blue. Instead of seeing blue as its own color, those ancient cultures thought blue was a shade of black.
The sky is blue because when the sun shines through tiny air and water particles in the sky, light scatrs. Light can be many different colors, but the wavelength for color blue is shortest making it the easiest color to see when sunlight shines through air particles.
To inspire others to notice the sky, seventh grade students created this cyanometer, a tool that measures the blueness of the sky.
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