Let Einstein's work shine the way. Pupils read about Einstein's iconic equation, E=mc^2, using a remote learning resource and see how ideas from other scientists such as Kepner, Curie, Galilei, and Newton led to its discovery. They...

Go study the universe. Pupils learn seven aspects about astronomy and astronomers. They begin to learn about constellations; distance and motion between objects; gravity; the electromagnetic spectrum; dark matter and energy; and teams of...

Kids learn about the science of the light spectrum. Wavelengths and frequencies of the electromagnetic waves including visible light, primary colors, and subtractive colors.

Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the light spectrum.

A discussion of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) facility and its use in material analysis and medicine.

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries.

Light! How do we see? What makes light? Find out everything you need to know through the Q&As on this site.

NASA site provides information on waves, electromagnetic waves and their wavelengths.

Using a student-teacher dialogue format, this page discusses the nature of light as an electromagnetic wave and the electromagnetic spectrum.

This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides an illustrated article about the phenomenon of rainbows.

This video segment adapted from First Light explains why the highest peak in the Pacific, Mauna Kea, is an ideal site for astronomical observations. Featured are new telescope technologies that allow astronomers to explore the universe...

Understand how light moves in small particles in the electomagntic spectrum.

A discussion of ultraviolet light and its interaction with the atmosphere. Describes the UV detectors on a spacecraft which are used to study the UV light emissions from astronomical bodies.

Under the heading, "Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds" this site explores the uses of spectrum (and spectrograph, spectra) in planetary study. In addition to an image, a description of spectrum and its uses in space science is provided.

Site developed by NASA to support training at the Goldstone-Apple Valley Radio Telescope. A manual in PDF format that covers everything from the basics of electromagnetic spectrum through radio sources through mapping the sky in the...

Informational site allows users to discover what makes a rainbow. Discover how they form and learn some interesting facts about them along the way.

York University provides an index page to several other pages on the topic of color and color vision. The pages are part of an online "book." Many graphics and explanations.

SkyServer answers why stars have different colors and shows what you can learn by studying the colors of stars, galaxies, and other objects.

This Imagine the Universe site provides an introduction into the multiwavelength universe and astronomy. Site provides graphics, links to a quiz, facts on this topic as well as teacher resources.

A short explanation of how we see color and what each of the primary and secondary colors symbolize.

This is the largest surviving support organization to help support and advise sufferers of SAD.

This site give information on SAD, effects it has on people, and what causes it.

Resource provides the ten signs that tell when a chemical change has occured. Each sign has a detailed explanation.