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Color at Light Speed

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Rainbow science anyone? learners put the color specturm, frequency, light waves, and wavelengths into a light speed context. They use algebraic formulas to determine the speed of each light wave length. A great way to connect math and science.

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light waves, light, wavelength, waves, the color spectrum

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color spectrum, frequency, light wave, wavelength, science
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9th - 12th
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