Star Light, Star Bright
Teacher Page: Grab Bag

Index:

Images
Other resources related to the lesson
Other resources from ST ScI
Other resources available Outside ST ScI

Images used in this lesson:

Customize your lesson! Below you will find the images and icons used in the lesson to create your own interactive lesson(s) and overhead transparencies.

Description of Image	File
Note: Images denoted as "ON" are the "brighter" images seen when passing the mouse over them in the lesson.
"Back" button ON	back-over.gif
"Back" button	back.gif
Robot's Spectrum at 10,000° K	blackbody_10k.gif
Robot's Spectrum at 2,000° K	blackbody_2k.gif
Robot's Spectrum at 30,000° K	blackbody_30k.gif
Robot's Spectrum at 37° C	blackbody_37.gif
Robot's Spectrum at 5,000° K	blackbody_5k.gif
"Get Answer" button ON	button-answers-over.gif
"Get Answer" button	button-answers.gif
"Guitar" button ON	button-guitar-over.gif
"Guitar" button	button-guitar.gif
"Learn more about it!" button ON	button-moreAbout-over.gif
"Learn more about it!" button	button-moreAbout.gif
"Ok" button dim	button-ok-down.gif
"Ok" button ON	button-ok-over.gif
"Ok" button	button-ok.gif
"Sunlight" button ON	button-sunlight-over.gif
"Sunlight" button	button-sunlight.gif
"Water" button ON	button-water-over.gif
"Water" button	button-water.gif
Electromagnetic spectrum chart	emschart_all.gif
Robot with guitar	guitar-still.gif
Rainbow horizontal divider	horiz-bar-rainbow.gif
Illustration- How to count waves	how-to.gif
"Learn More About it!" title graphic	learnmore.gif
Peak wavelength chart	peakchart.gif
Illustration- Where to measure "peak wavelength"	peakgraph.gif
Robot icon	robot.gif
Robot over burner	robot1.gif
Robot over burner (red)	robot2.gif
Robot over burner (yellow)	robot3.gif
Robot over burner (blue)	robot4.gif
Robot over burner (black)	robot5.gif
Robot demonstrating wavelength	robotwave.gif
Robot demonstrating waves via rock toss	rocktoss-still.gif
Robot gazing at night sky	skygaze-still.gif
Graph of the spectrum of Spica	small-spica.gif
Graph of the spectrum of Vega	small-vega.gif
Illustration- "How Peak Wavelength Changes with Temperature"	starpoints_all.gif
Star prism illustration	starprism-still.gif
Illustration- "The Sun as seen at different wavelengths" ON	sunchart.gif
Illustration- "The Sun as seen at different wavelengths"	sunchart2.gif
Sun prism illustration	sunprism-still.gif
Thermostat set to 10,000°	thermostat_10k.gif
Thermostat set to 2,000°	thermostat_2k.gif
Thermostat set to 30,000°	thermostat_30k.gif
Thermostat set to 37°	thermostat_37.gif
Thermostat set to 5,000°	thermostat_5k.gif
"Making Waves" title graphic	title-making.gif
"What do you know?" graphic ON	whatdoyouknow-on.gif
"What do you know?" graphic	whatdoyouknow.gif

Other resources related to the lesson:

Web pages from ST ScI or outside ST ScI related to the topic of light and color.

• Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies -- This atlas of spiral and elliptical galaxies contains images of the optical, X-Ray, Radio and Infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Electromagnetic Exploratorium: Multiwavelength Astronomy -- Read about how astronomers see the Crab Nebula using different colors of light.

• Light Tour -- Discover light's mysteries by finding out about types of light, space images in different types of light, light wavelengths, and how astronomers use light.

• Where is HST Right Now? -- Find out the current orbital position of the Hubble Space Telescope.

• Infrared light -- A good source for additional teaching ideas from the Newton's Apple TV show.

Other resources available at ST ScI:

• About HST -- Read about the science instruments and mission operations of the Hubble Space Telescope.

• Education Resources & Information at ST ScI -- This site shows how and where to get materials for classroom use.

Other resources available outside ST ScI:

Below you will find a vast amount of information regarding the topic of Light and Color. The information comes from many sources other than ST ScI.

Some of the resources are quite in depth, and it is easy to get lost. It is suggested that you bookmark this page before you examine each source. That way, should you get lost, you can simply use the bookmark to get you back to the main page.

Since the various sites are run by other parties, there is no way of guaranteeing their stability. You may occasionally find a site "under construction," or you may find that a site is completely gone. There is no way to control such situations as the sites are out of Space Telescope Science Institute's control.

This page is only a fraction of the information available throughout the web. If you do not find what you are looking for here, GO FIND IT!!

• An Introduction To Waves -- See the relationship between wavelength, amplitude, and phase shift.

• The Universe of Light : What do you know about light? -- Find basic information about light in the universe and how astronomers use light to gain information.

• USGS Spectroscopy Lab -- This US Geological Survey page shows how research scientists are applying methods for identifying mapping materials through spectroscopic remote sensing on the earth and throughout the solar system.

• Light Resource Toolkit -- An excellent source of ready to use interactive tools and images related to light

• What's Your Wavelength? -- Do an experiment exploring the colors that make up the visible spectrum.

• About Rainbows -- This is a great site to find out more about the colors of the visible spectrum, also known as a rainbow.

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