Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps

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Electrons
Energy Levels

Description

Produce light by bombarding atoms with electrons. See how the characteristic spectra of different elements are produced, and configure your own element's energy states to produce light of different colors.

Sample Learning Goals

Provide a basic design for a discharge lamp and explain the function of the different components.
Explain the basic structure of an atom and relate it to the color of light produced by discharge lamps.
Explain why discharge lamps emit only certain colors.
Design a discharge lamp to emit any desired spectrum of colors.

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Teacher-Submitted Activities


Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework	Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman	UG-Intro	HW	Physics
Introduction to Discharge Lamps	Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman	UG-Adv UG-Intro	HW	Physics
Conductivity: an inquiry activity (also uses other sims)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Lab HW CQs	Chemistry Physics
E/M Waves	Phil Cook	HS	Lab
Waves & The Electromagnetic Spectrum	Phil Cook	HS	HW
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum	Julia Chamberlain	UG-Intro HS	Other	Chemistry
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other	Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other	Earth Science Chemistry Physics Biology
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other	Physics Chemistry Biology
Discharge Lamps and Electron Transitions	Linda Cummings	UG-Intro HS	Guided	Physics Chemistry
Atomic Spectra and the Composition of Stars	Rhoda Berenson	UG-Intro	Lab	Astronomy
Discharge Lamps & Flame Tests	Ted Clark	UG-Intro	Lab CQs HW	Chemistry
Reflectioin and spherical mirror	Pravesh Rohilla	MS HS	CQs	Physics
The Visible Spectrum	Phil Cook	HS	Lab
Spectra of Light	Adrian Carmichael	HS	Lab	Astronomy
Producing Electromagnetic Radiation using a Neon	Nancy Spletzer	HS	Lab	Physics
네온등과 방전램프 SIM 사용지침서	이화국(Wha Kuk Lee)	HS UG-Intro	Lab Other	Astronomy Chemistry Physics

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Arabic	All العربية	المصابيح المفرغة
Basque	All Basque	Neon argiak eta deskarga-lanparak
Belarusian	All беларускі	Неонавыя і другія газаразрадныя лямпы
Bosnian	All Bosanski	NEONSKA SVJETLA & DRUGE LAMPE SA PRAŽNJENJEM U GASU
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	氖灯和其它霓虹灯原理
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps 氖氣燈和其它氣體放電燈
Croatian	All hrvatski	Neonsak svjetiljka & druge izbojne lampe
Danish	All Dansk	Neon- og andre udladningslamper
Dutch	All Nederlands	Neonverlichting en andere ontladingslampen
Estonian	All Eesti	Neoonvalgustid ja teised gaaslahenduslambid
Finnish	All suomi	Neonvalot ja loisteputket
French	All français	Lumière néon et autre lampes à décharge
Galician	All Gallegan	Luces de Neón e outras lámpadas de descarga
Georgian	All ქართული	ნეონის ნათება და სხვა გაზგანმუხტვადი ნათურები
German	All Deutsch	Neonlicht und andere Entladungslampen
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Φώτα Νέον & Άλλοι λαμπτήρες εκκένωσης
Hebrew	All עברית	מנורות נאון & נורות פריקה אחרות
Hungarian	All magyar	Neoncsövek & más kisülési lámpák
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Lampu Gas Discharge (Neon, Merkuri dsb.)
Italian	All italiano	Luci al neon e altre lampade a scarica
Japanese	All 日本語	ネオンサインと放電ランプ
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Неон жарықтар және басқалары разрядтық жарықтар
Korean	All 한국어	네온등과 방전 램프
Kurdish (Turkey)	All Kurdish (Turkey)	Ronakên Neon & Lambên Barge Valaker
Lao	All Lao	ໄຟນີອອນແລະໂຄມໄຟຈິງ
Macedonian	All македонски	Неонски ламби и други ламби на празнење
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Неоны ламп ба Бусад Ионы Гэрэл
Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	Neonlys og andre gassutladningslamper
Persian	All فارسی	لامپ های نئون و دیگر لامپ های تخليه ی الکتريکى
Polish	All polski	Lampa neonowa i inne lampy wyładowawcze
Portuguese	All português	Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Lâmpadas de neônio e outras lâmpadas de descarga
Russian	All русский	Неоновые и другие газоразрядные лампы
Serbian	All Српски	НЕОНСКА СВЕТЛА & ДРУГЕ ЛАМПЕ СА ПРАЖЊЕЊЕМ У ГАСУ
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Neónové svetlá a ostatné výbojky
Spanish	All español	Luces de Neón y otras Lámparas de Descarga
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Luces de Neón y otras Lámparas de Descarga
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Luces de Neón & Otras Lámparas de Descarga
Swedish	All svenska	Neonljus & andra urladdningslampor
Thai	All ไทย	หลอดนีออนและหลอดดิสชาร์จแบบอืนๆ
Turkish	All Türkçe	Neon Işıklar & Diğer Boşalmalı Lambalar
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Neon çyralar we başga gaz-çyraly lampalar
Ukrainian	All українська	Неонова та інші газоразрядні лампи
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Đèn neon và đèn phóng điện