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Color, Light, and Excited Electrons Lesson PlanColor, Light, and Excited Electrons Lesson Plan
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Color, Light, and Excited Electrons

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Investigate color, light and excited electrons and produce waves using slinkys. Your high schoolers will observe a continuous spectrum with a prism and an overhead projector. They observe flame tests to identify elements and they observe luminescence. Students complete the lesson by drawing diagrams of waves, drawing the electromagnetic spectrum and identifying unknown elements.

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electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetism, wave crests, waves, wavelength

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crest, electromagnetic spectrum, frequency, wavelength, waves, science
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9th - 12th
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Science
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