Electromagnetic Spectrum

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• Broadcasting basics: Detailed background information, covering modulation and band width.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://friendscb.org/splapndx.html

• Colour: Activities on using prisms and making rainbows.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/color/color.shtml

• Colour mixing: Computer displays with further information on colour and other areas of physics.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.osc.on.ca/InteractiveZone/Pixels/pixelcol.htm

• Discoveries of the electromagnetic spectrum: Some history and descriptions of the different regions of the spectrum.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.ultisoft.demon.co.uk/spectrum.html

• Electromagnetic spectrum: Bullet points on each region of the spectrum, and some information on special relativity.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/people/faculty/products/elder/sm101ch6.html

• Electromagnetic spectrum: Simple diagram of the whole spectrum.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/science/emspec.html

• Electromagnetic spectrum: Complete diagram of the spectrum.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.noradcorp.com/spectrum.htm

• Electromagnetic waves: Diagrams of an electromagnetic wave and of the whole spectrum.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs/back/spectrum/

• Fluorescence: Brief description.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.aspsky.org/html/tnl/35/atom.html

• Fluorescence: Question sheet based on the above article.
  (Level: student)
  http://curie.uncg.edu/~nmmurray/light/what.html

• Fluorescent lamp: An example from the How Things Work site, and answers to other questions about lighting.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://landau1.phys.virginia.edu/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/fluorescent_lamps.html

• Fluorescent lighting: Is it such a good thing? Full-spectrum light might be better for your health than fluorescent lighting.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://2022.com/w&el/fulspec.html

• Fluorescent sources: Good description of fluorescence, with further information on the properties of light.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://cyberscol.qc.ca/classes/physique/p1/chapter1/1_Sfluor.html

• Fluorescent tagging: For security.
  Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.phosphor.demon.co.uk/iruv.htm

• Frequency and wavelength: Lesson plan.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docStudents/teacherseachers/lessons/roygbiv/roygbiv.html

• Gamma radiation: Net Note for the programme Radioactivity
  in the Channel 4 Schools Science in Focus series Physical Processes 2.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.channel4.com/schools/online_resources/netnotes/sifpp2/sifpp2nn4.html

• Gamma rays: Applications of gamma rays and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum to astronomy.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cossc/descriptions/espec1.html

• Mirrors: Mirrors and reflections - including parabolic mirrors.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www-kinetics.harvard.edu/~maren/images/A3Overview.gif

• Ozone layer: Excellent resource, and a chance for school-based research on Antarctica, the ozone layer, and ultraviolet radiation.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/ozone/invest.html

• Parts of the electromagnetic spectrum: Information about the different regions, with a good diagram that is broken up for each band.
  (Level: student and teacher)

• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.htm

• Parts of the electromagnetic spectrum: Information about the electromagnetic spectrum, including a full diagram.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docStudents/teacherseachers/lessons/roygbiv/spectrum.html

• Radio waves: Detecting radio and other electromagnetic waves in space using the Galileo space probe.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://windows.ivv.nasa.gov/teacher_resources/space_astronomy/page23.html

• Radio waves: An article from the Lovell Radio Telescope, with some good definitions and information about radio waves, their properties and how to collect them.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/lovell/appendix.html

• Rainbows: Graphic showing their formation.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www-kinetics.harvard.edu/~maren/images/A3Overview.gif

• Rainbows: How they are formed and how to make them.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.zianet.com/rainbow/boInfo.htm

• Short wave: Radio waves and ham radios are discussed in an article called The Remarkable Radio Wave by F O'Maia.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/MAEL/ag/agprop2.htm

• Thermal image: Alternation between a visible (camouflaged) and a thermal image of an army tank.
  Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.siemens.ch/si/surveil/fortis.htm

• Thermal imaging: Applications in the fire service.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.productinnovation.com/ti.htm

• Television and radio waves: General background information on TV and radio waves, and an article called The Battle of the Bands with quite detailed information on satellites and satellite bands.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.mlesat.com/Article9.html

• Ultraviolet: Ultraviolet, infrared and fluorescence are all discussed in an article called There's more to light than meets the eye.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.aspsky.org/html/tnl/35/35.html

• Visible spectrum: Colourful representation.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/light/em-spec.htm

• Visible spectrum: Annotated picture of the spectrum of colours.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wynnwill/110/Visible_spectrum.jpg

• Waves: Net Note for Programme 5: Waves.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.channel4.com/schools/online_resources/netnotes/sb/sbnn05.html