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Electromagnetic Spectrum Lesson Plan

NASA Heliophysics lessons created by teachers for teachers.
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Lesson Plan
  • Activity/Hands-on
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.2 – Energy from the Sun is created in the core…
NGSS
  • PS4 - Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
Heliophysics Topics
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Energy
  • Light
  • Sun
Related Missions
  • James Webb Space Telescope (Astro)
  • Hubble Space Telescope (Astro)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

In this 5E middle school lesson, students learn about the extensive use of EM waves in communication. They will become familiar and learn to use the mathematical equation that relates wave properties and energy and recognize that the visible spectrum is only a small part of a large family of waves called the electromagnetic spectrum.