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Students examine the many types of electromagnetic waves, the concept of an EM wave, how James Clerk Maxwell proposed a slight modification of the equations of electricity, Heinrich Hertz and his radio-frequency, wavelengths, and light emission.

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electromagnetic waves, electromagnetism, wavelength, waves, photons

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atomic) energy level, electromagnetic wave, excited atom, frequency, photon, planck's constant, solar prominences, wave, wave velocity, wavelength, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Year
2004

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