Monday, November 28, 2011

EM Spectrum Brochure Reflection

The Electromagnetic (EM) Spectrum is made of several types of radiation frequencies. Scientists use these frequencies to study things like  star formation and chemical make-up , the galaxy, and supernovas. They can detect different types of gases and heats by observing these things through the different wavelengths of the EM spectrum. From this project i learned about wavelengths, there uses, where they can be found and where certain ones lie on the EM Spectrum. I learned about photons, the smallest particles used for measuring wavelengths and i also learned about how the EM Spectrum is important and useful in science. Two questions that i still have about the EM Spectrum would be:
        -What is an example of infrared radiation?
and
        -On one of the websites for the web quest, it was stated that astronomers can use the EM Spectrum to measure ocean tempuratures. How do the use the wavelengths to find temperature?

I really enjoyed the project overall. My favorite part was creating the brochure. I did not, however, enjoy the initial webquest. I found some answers hard to find or comprehend. For example, the question about photons, I eventually found the answer but I was unsure about my paraphrasing and what a photon was until i went over it a few times. To change this project, i probably would have double checked my EM Spectrum diagram of all the radiations i think i had them mixed up, and it was a little messy and unclear.