Student activities illustrate the importance of light and color in space exploration. By exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with powerful and specialized telescopes, scientists can tackle some of the most fundamental human questions: “Where did we come from?” and “Are we alone?”

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 10/1/2003Stock # tst03_070_07_47Volume 070Issue 07

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Ruth Lehmann Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)
Ruth Lehmann Hutson (Westmoreland, KS)

A great real-life application

For those that teach emission spectra in chemistry, the activities described in this resource would be a fun method to make the topic more relatable and add a cross-curricular connection. In... See More

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