WC08 - "Colors of the Sun"
Build a Spectroscope
Air Date: April 6 & 7, 2000
Hosted by Paul Mortfield
April 6: This show will be broadcast live from Sarah Falk's classroom at Sandpiper Elementary
School in Redwood City, California. Mrs. Falk's students have built the spectroscopes and performed several activities
with the device. The students will present results from these activities and discuss their findings.
Solar Astronomer Dr. John Beck, from the Solar Oscillation Investigation team at Stanford University in California has been a visiting astronomer to this class as part of Project Astro. Dr. Beck will be on hand to answer students questions from the chatroom.
You can click on the image above to learn more about this image or get FREE "Spectroscope" posters
for your classroom.
The April 7 shows, will be broadcast from NASA-Ames Research Center in California and will introduce the spectrum, the types of information astronomers can obtain from a spectrum and building this spectroscope for student use.
To connect to the show, or view the archive after the air date, connect to: NASA's Learning Technologies
Channel - Solar
Series.
Click on the grade Level to get the desired PDF file of activities for your class.
These classroom materials have been developed by NASA Curriculum Specialist, Susanne Ashby and Amberlee Chaussee.
| Grade Level | Curriculum / Class Activity |
| Grades 2-4 | The Sun is a Star. |
| Grades 5-8 | Build and use a Spectroscope |
| Grades 9-12 | Build and use a Spectroscope. The Doppler Affect. |
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