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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...
Interactive
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Refraction of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the incident angle, color of light, wavelength, and medium to see how the refracted angle is affected.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Waves of Energy More or Less

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars create and observe wavelengths at both high and low energy levels using safety glasses, rope, and a power drill
Website
NASA

Rxte Learning Center: Frequency, Wave Length, and Energy Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource focuses on the relationship between the frequency, wavelength and speed of light. Has a link to an interactive activity relating frequency, wavelength, and energy.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Calculating the Speed of Sound

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this physical science lab, students will calculate the speed of sound. They will observe that the speed of sound is constant, regardless of wavelength or frequency, and see the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Checking the Surf

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson introduces the concepts of wavelength and amplitude in transverse waves. In the associated activity, young scholars will use ropes and their bodies to investigate different wavelengths and amplitudes.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Loud, How High?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What are ways to describe sound? Using the program downloaded called Sound Grapher and the microphone on the computer, students can investigate the frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and velocity of sound waves. Activity includes detailed...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Wave Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Two wave graphs depicting a sine wave and relating the various characteristics (wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and period) of a wave to each other. The site includes an interactive JavaScript form in which the visitor enters one...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Traveling Wave Relationship

For Students 9th - 10th
Online physics text that illustrates and explains the various characteristics of waves such as amplitude, period, frequency, wavelength, and speed. Includes interactive exercises.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University discusses the location of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes the wavelength values for various colors of light within the visible light spectrum.
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.
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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NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: What's the Frequency, Roy G. Biv

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this very detailed lesson plan from NASA, students investigate wavelength and frequency within the electromagnetic spectrum.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Graphing the Rainbow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students are introduced to different ways of displaying visual spectra, including colored "barcode" spectra, like those produced by a diffraction grating, and line plots displaying intensity versus color, or wavelength. Students learn...
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Wave Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough explanation of the wave equation (Speed = Wavelength * Frequency). A data table and questions to check one's understanding are also part of this lesson.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the different colors in visible light and how they relate to its wavelength, how a prism separates visible light into its different colors, the colors of...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Energy of Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this introduction to light energy, students learn about reflection and refraction as they learn that light travels in wave form. Through hands-on activities, they see how prisms, magnifying glasses and polarized lenses work. They also...
Interactive
Florida State University

Florida State University: Basic Electromagnetic Wave Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
This Florida State University page includes an interactive java tutorial that explores the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and energy, and enables the visitor to adjust the intensity of the radiation and to set the wave into...
Handout
University of California

Uc Berkeley: Radio Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
From a course titled "Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems." A discussion of the entire radio spectrum, listing wavelength and frequency values for its various parts. The uses of each region of the radio spectrum is...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Wave Properties From Graph 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the wavelength and amplitude of a wave based on the vertical position vs. horizontal position graph.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Wave Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
This program asks students to determine the variables in a wave equation. Students must determine wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Sound Wave Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the speed of a sound wave through an alien atmosphere. You must also find the frequency of the wave source and the wavelength of the wave.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Light From Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the wavelength, in nanometers, of light emitted from an atom.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Two Point Source Interference Pattern

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate the underlying causes of two-point source interference pattern. They also discover that the spatial separation between the antinodal and nodal lines in the pattern is related to the wavelength of the waves.

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