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Beyond The Rainbow -The Invisible World
Take a journey beyond the rainbow in this whistle-stop tour of the electromagnetic spectrum.
What do mobile phones, microwaves, suntans, night-vision cameras and your radio have in common? Why does your mobile phone make your radio click, and how do X-rays see through your skin?
See how light can be polarised and find out why the sky is blue. Play 'guess the object' in our thermal imaging picture game, and listen to the way your TV remote control sounds!
By getting to grips with the wavelength and frequency of different types of radiation, all will become clear!
"There is no doubt at all that you made a big impact on the pupils. Your presence was definitely good for physics and for science in general" Secondary School Headmaster
Curriculum Links
Key stage 3
- White light can be dispersed to give a range of colours
Key stage 4
- Characteristics of waves
- Frequency, wavelength, speed and amplitude of a wave
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Uses and potential dangers of microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet
- Uses of gamma rays and x-rays in medicine
A-Level
- Polarisation
- Order of Magnitude of wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum
About the show
Duration
60 minutes
Suggested audiences
- Ages 11 and over
- General public adult groups
Requirements
- Power sockets
- Data Projector
- Projector Screen
- Two long tables
- Room that can be darkened
- OHP
