Resources: The Spectacular Spectrum - Separating Light
- Energy and Its Transformation: Electromagnetic Spectrum - FCPS Promotion
Benchmark 12 Lesson Review
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum (similar
graphic, oriented vertically). See
also, Electromagnetic
Spectrum (page 3 of 3).
- NASA Mission : Science Tour
of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Frequency
Wavelength Converter (also available in table
form). See also, Distance
and Length Converter (also available in table
form). [See a related Problem of the Day
(P.O.D.)].
- Part 1: Exploring the Spectrum
- Visible
spectrum of white
light (sometimes called a continuous
spectrum, which technically does not exist)
- What is a diffraction
grating?
- What is a nanometer? 1 nanometer
equals 1.0 x 10-9 meter
[0.000 000 001 m (a billionth of a meter), or
0.000 000 1 cm]
- Examine
the Sun at different wavelengths; Observe
an exploded star at different wavelengths ["Application," p. 49,
Question No. 6]
- What is a
laser? (from NASA, The Space Place) ["Application," p. 49, Question
No. 7]
- Part 2: Spread the Light
- Emission
spectrum (sometimes called a "bright line" spectrum)
- What is a spectrometer (or
spectroscope)?
- What is an Ångström?
See also, Ångström. 1
nanometer (nm) equals 10 ångströms (Å).
- Spectral
Lines (See section entitled, "Pick an element from the menu to see its
spectral signature."). See also, Visualization of
element spectra (National Institute of
Standards and Technology).
- What is a black
light? See also, How Black Lights
Work.
- Part 3: Seeing Stars
- Absorption
spectrum
- Astronomical
spectroscopy
- Flame Tests: Which Ion
Causes the Color? (JCE Classroom Activity No. 67). See also, Flame Tests and
Chemistry
of Firework Colors.
- Spectroscopy:
Element Identification and Emission Spectra
- Enrichment: Compare the sizes of the
wavelengths of the electromagnetic
spectrum to the sizes of everyday objects. See Orders
of magnitude (length), featuring an external link to Secret
Worlds: The Universe Within, a Java animation that presents the notion
of scale from the galaxy (10 million light years, 1023 m) to
the quark (100 attometers, 10-16 m), Molecular Expressions,
State University of Florida.