Black Body Radiation and What the Stars Tell Us

Blackbody Radiation and the Stars

Helpful Pre-requisite project: Electromagnetic Waves

Written by: Kathy Gustavson, June 2016
Grade (Age) Levels: High School (14-18+)
Topics: Blackbody radiation, Wien's Law, Stefan-Boltzmann Law, dual nature of light.

This module is a summary of the relation between temperature, energy, and the light emitted by the objects we see in the universe.

image credit:http://nasaphysics.cet.edu/images/radiaion.png