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Visual Learning Systems
Light: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the reasons light is important to all living things. Understand that light is a type of energy. Describe how light behaves both as a wave and as...
Visual Learning Systems
Light: Visible Light
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the reasons light is important to all living things. Understand that light is a type of energy. Describe how light behaves both as a wave and as...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Light: Video Quiz
Students will learn about the different frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum. Vivid animation is used to explore the visible spectrum of light and the colors it allows us to see everyday. The video also investigates various...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Light: Wavelength and Frequency
Students will learn about the different frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum. Vivid animation is used to explore the visible spectrum of light and the colors it allows us to see everyday. The video also investigates various...
Curated OER
The Science of Light
We really only see objects that emit light, either on their own or by reflecting light from another source. Past misconceptions of light are illustrated, and current understandings of light illuminated. This could be used as an...
Curated OER
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Did you know that the visible light wavelengths comprise only one inch of the electromagnetic spectrum that extends over 2,000 miles? Yet even the visible spectrum provides so much information. The Hydrogen spectrum is illuminated as an...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Wave Model of an Electron
In the following video the wave model of the electron can be used to explain the Bohr model. Electrons are found in certain orbits because they interfere with themselves and create standing waves. When the wavelengths don't match up with...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Standing Waves on Strings
David explains how and why standing waves occur, and well as how to determine the wavelengths for a standing wave on a string. [13:25]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro: Turn an Old Cd Into a Spectroscope to Analyze Light & Color
Will the real white light please stand up? Two light sources that appear the same to your eye may actually be made up of different wavelengths of light. In this science snack activity, Paul Doherty of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Radiation and Energy: Lesson 1
This lesson discusses the light spectrum and its influence on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Radiation and Energy."