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Levels
Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
Animation/Visualization
Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
Big Idea 2.3 – The Sun is the primary source of light…
NGSS
PS3 – Energy
PS4 – Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
Heliophysics Topics
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Energy
Light
Heliophysics Missions
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Related Missions
Hubble Space Telescope (Astro)
Material Cost per Learner
Free
Language
English
This roughly 5-minute-long video provides an introduction to electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is just a name that scientists give a bunch of types of radiation when they want to talk about them as a group. Radiation is energy that travels and spreads out as it goes. Visible light that comes from a lamp in your house and radio waves that come from a radio station are two types of electromagnetic radiation.