Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps
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About
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.
For Teachers
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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| Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 5/26/15 |
| Introduction to Discharge Lamps |
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Sam McKagan, Kathy Perkins and Carl Wieman | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
HW | 5/19/15 |
| Conductivity: an inquiry activity (also uses other sims) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab CQs |
7/28/12 |
| E/M Waves |
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Phil Cook | HS | Lab | 5/9/10 | |
| Waves & The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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Phil Cook | HS | HW | 6/6/09 | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | 5/27/15 | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | 10/19/15 | ||
| Atomic Spectra and the Composition of Stars | Rhoda Berenson | UG-Intro | Lab | 7/18/14 | ||
| Discharge Lamps & Flame Tests | Ted Clark | UG-Intro | Lab CQs HW |
7/14/12 | ||
| Reflectioin and spherical mirror | Pravesh Rohilla | MS HS |
CQs | 10/26/10 | ||
| The Visible Spectrum | Phil Cook | HS | Lab | 11/21/08 | ||
| Spectra of Light | Adrian Carmichael | HS | Lab | 4/7/08 | ||
| Producing Electromagnetic Radiation using a Neon | Nancy Spletzer | HS | Lab | 2/4/07 | ||
| 네온등과 방전램프 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | UG-Intro HS |
Other Lab |
5/8/13 |
Translations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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