Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
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Topics
- Light
- 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.
Keywords
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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Authors | Level | Type | Subject |
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Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | Physics |
Introduction to Discharge Lamps |
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Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
HW | Physics |
Conductivity: an inquiry activity (also uses other sims) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
CQs Lab HW |
Chemistry Physics |
E/M Waves |
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Phil Cook | HS | Lab | ||
Waves & The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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Phil Cook | HS | HW | ||
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Biology Chemistry Physics Earth Science |
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How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Chemistry Earth Science Physics Biology |
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PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry | |
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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Discharge Lamps and Electron Transitions | Linda Cummings | HS UG-Intro |
Guided | Physics Chemistry |
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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 | HS MS |
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 |
Physics Chemistry Astronomy |
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Simulações no Ensino de Fisica | Carla Tavares | HS | MC Discuss Other HW Demo Lab Guided |
Astronomy Physics Earth Science |
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Luces de Neón y otros | Patricia Abdel Rahim | UG-Adv | Lab | Physics |
Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 Latest version of Java
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OS X 10.9.5 or later Latest version of Java
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