Activity Titles
Water Prism
Activity Objective: To display the colors of the visible spectrum
contained in sunlight.
Application: Art, Astronomy, Physical Science
Projecting Spectra
Activity Objective: To study the range of color hues in the visible
spectrum.
Application: Art, Astronomy, Physical Science
Simple Spectroscope
Activity Objective: To construct a simple spectroscope with a diffraction
grating.
Application: Astronomy, Physical Science
Analytical Spectroscope
Activity Objective: To construct an analytical spectroscope to analyze the
spectrum produced when various substances are heated or excited with
electricity.
Application: Astronomy, Chemistry, Physical Science
Red Shift, Blue Shift
Activity Objective: To demonstrate how stellar spectra can be used to
measure a
star's motion relative to Earth along the line of sight.
Application: Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physical Science
Wavelength and Energy
Activity Objective: To demonstrate the relationship between wavelength,
frequency,
and energy in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Application: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Science
Resonance Rings
Activity Objective: To show how atoms and molecules in Earth's atmosphere
absorb
energy through resonance.
Application: Astronomy, Environmental Science, Meteorology, Physical
Science
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