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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Light

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial students will describe the relationships between speed, wavelength, and frequency of light. They will understand the photoelectric effect...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electromagnetic Waves and the Wave Nature of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson about electromagnetic waves students will explore what they can see, what they can't, and what they know about the wave nature of this thing called "light."
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Laser Light Properties: Protecting the Mummified Troll!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn and use the properties of light to solve the following challenge: "A mummified troll was discovered this summer at our school and it has generated lots of interest worldwide. The principal asked us, the technology classes,...
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Handout
Johns Hopkins University

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA related site shows the entire Electromagnetic Spectrum. Provides a brief description of the expansive colored spectrum as well as a related link that provides more details.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Physics: Light Ii: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on light and electromagnetism. Discussion includes historical discoveries that led to the understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to...
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Handout
Other

Fluorescent Mineral Society: The Ultraviolet Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a discussion of the nature and properties of ultraviolet light. The manner in which minerals emit UV light is described and explained.
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Interactive
Space Telescope Science Institute

Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright

For Students 6th - 8th
An online exploration where students learn the basics about light and the properties of waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. Students will also learn how to measure wavelength and frequency so they can understand the electromagnetic...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Study of Space by the Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Graphic
Space Telescope Science Institute

Amazing Space: Star Light Star Bright: Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tool to learn facts about the range of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.
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Interactive
Space Telescope Science Institute

Amazing Space: Star Light Star Bright

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about stars and the electromagnetic spectrum in this series of activities.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Light Magic

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of light in a storybook format. The animations cover the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) along with prisms, light waves, reflection, and refraction.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Nasa Online: Light: Scattering Light

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the concept of the visible light spectrum provided in an animated format.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Light Waves: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce light waves and describe how a particle can travel as a photon or a wave. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Light Waves."
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Electromagnetic and Visible Spectra

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated physics tutorial explains the electromagnetic and visible spectra of light using illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Light Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are there colors we don't see? This simulation addresses that question by exploring light as an electromagnetic wave. Learn how the electromagnetic wave relates its wavelength and frequency to the...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Mission: Science: Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Visible Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, the electromagnetic spectrum is explained and students learn that visible light makes up only a portion of this wide spectrum. Students also learn that engineers use electromagnetic waves for many different applications.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn what an electromagnetic wave is, gain a feel for the main parts of the spectrum, and work on problems involving basic properties of electromagnetic...
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My Science Site

Electromagnetic Spectrum: Colour and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the different wavelengths that make up the electromagnetic spectrum. Also contains information on waves and color.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Emission Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We will reintroduce the students to the electromagnetic spectrum and visible light. We will talk about the states of electrons(ground and excited). The teacher will show a video link (Electrons in Atoms). We will then perform the science...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ultraviolet Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive PowerPoint will be used to introduce the electromagnetic spectrum. Young scholars use UV beads to observe changes caused by the sun's rays and evaluate sunscreen effectiveness. Harmful effects of UV exposure will be...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Neon Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Neon lights are a type of discharge tube. Observe how electrons create colored light in a hydrogen gas discharge tube. Can you figure out why hydrogen's emission spectrum contains more than one color of...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Students 5th - 8th
Find out how energy, frequency, and wavelength are related in terms of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Views of the Universe: Telescopes, Starlight, Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students visit the websites of various world-renowned telescopes, view images of the universe, read how the images are made, and determine reasons for the different locations, different wavelengths of light detected, and general design...

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