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Session 1, Activity 3: Construcing a Hand-Held Spectroscope

Overview:

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Materials:
  • Diffraction grating sheets
  • Assorted boxes, tubes
  • Poster board
  • Masking tape
  • Scissors
  • Aluminum foil
  • Assortment of light sources: sunlight, laser pointer, white-light flashlight, red LED flashlight, flourescent light
  • Colored filters
Procedure:
Discovery:
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Note:
I will using the reports written by you and your fellow students to create a web page outlining the results of these experiments. I would like to include digital images of the experiments and their results in the web page as well. Therefore with your permission, I will be taking digital images throughout the activity.
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