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Why Scorpions Glow in UV Light?

September 18, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Glow In the Dark Chemicals The exoskeleton of scorpions contain phosphors, which are chemical that can absorb high energy photons of  invisible UV light and emit lower energy photons of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fluorescent, light, Physics Tagged With: black light, exoskeleton, fluorescent, fluorescent phosphor, glow in the dark, phosphor, photon, scorpion, UV light, Vaseline, visible light

Electromagnetic Radiation: Infrared Light

September 7, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

The Sun Emits Electromagnetic Radiation Please don't panic! Yes, I understand that the term electromagnetic radiation is a lot to swollen. But many adults learned the word … [Read more...]

Filed Under: electromagnetic radiation, light, Physics Tagged With: earth's atmosphere, electromagnetic radiation, infrared light, infrared radiation, invisible, opaque, snakes, transparent, visible, visible light, wave energy

Vision: Why we see things

September 1, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Why do we see different colors? Why does cloth look darker when it is wet? Electromagnetic radiation is light energy. The Sun emits electromagnetic radiation, which contains gamma rays, x-rays, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: color vision, electromagnetic radiation, Physics, vision Tagged With: absorb, blending of light, electromagnetic radiation, Lacey, light energy, Red Spider, reflect, ROY G. BIV, visible light, vision

Swimming Noodle Science

March 9, 2014 By Janice VanCleave

Use a swimming noodle to demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object. Hold a flashlight at one end of a swimming noodle. Ask a helper to to point the other end … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, light, Physics Tagged With: infrared light, light energy, swimming noodles, visual light

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