Scope out the science of light with compact discs.(Grades 4-6)

From: Curriculum Review | Date: April 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Show students how to split light with a spectroscope made from a cardboard tube and a used compact disc with this illuminating experiment from Mary Kay Carson's Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities (Chicago Review Press, ages 9 and up), available through Independent Publishers Group at 800-888-4741.

CD Spectroscope

A spectroscope splits visible light into bands of color, called spectral lines, that are distinct for different kids of light a...

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