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 create transmission waves
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)