Light from Various Objects
Some Objects for which we have information that is not from light
Newton & Prism
PhET Wave Diffraction & Interference
(Show interference with water waves and light)
Christian Huygens
A Really Ingenious Demonstration of Diffraction of Light
Examples of Wave Motion:
Water Waves
Me, playing in the waves on vacation! . . not really
PhET Waves on Strings
A People Wave at Michigan's Big House - a world record
PhET Waves on Strings
showing wavelength, etc.
An EM Wave; The Electric Field of a comb and the Magnetic Field
James Clerk Maxwell and The Electromagnetic Wave
PhET: Radiating Charges
The Visible Part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
The Transparency of the Earth's Atmosphere
Temperature Scales
Blackbody Spectra at Various Temperatures
Blackbody Spectra and Wien's Law
A Poker in a Fire
PhET: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
Spectra of various atoms
The Absorption Spectrum of the Sun
An Example of an Emission Line Spectrum
Figure 5-8 from your Text: Spectral Features
The Doppler Effect in sound from a passing train
Doppler Effect for a Moving Train and Sound
Doppler Effect in light for Stars
(load StarMotionDoppler.swf)