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PS4 3 Particles/Waves: Electromagnetic Radiation

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Project Zero THINKING ROUTINES

Phenomenon

Introduction to infrared wavelengths WIS

What did you see in the movie?

What are you curious about?

What questions do you have?

PS4 3

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and that for some situations one model is more useful than the other. 

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how the experimental evidence supports the claim and how a theory is generally modified in light of new evidence. Examples of a phenomenon could include resonance, interference, diffraction, and photoelectric effect.

Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include using quantum theory

Prior Knowledge/Preview
Visible light and the electromagnetic spectrum
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
 Looking at airplanes, spacecraft and space telescopes and the wavelengths they use to view astronomical phenomema

Wavelength and the electromagnetic spectrum

Inquiry science
Printable activity

On-line activity

LAB activities


LAB experiments      
    Lab #1 Using Spectra to see Stars Item 5 Try it Yourself NASA      
  Lab #2
Diffraction grating activity PSI Physics at NJCTL      
  Lab #3
Using diffraction gratings to identify elements in Space Activity #3 NASA SOHO                          Lab #4 Introduction to infrared WIS


EXTENSION material for the curious

How infrared wavelengths can be detected

 

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Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
Wave-Particle Duality in Space-a tour of the electromagnetic spectrum NASA

EXTENSION material for the curious
Quantum Mechanics from Washington International School
Rutherford Scattering
Quantum Tunneling
Schrödinger Wave Equation
Pair Production
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
 
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