Light, Sound, and Waves Series
(Includes all 4 titles below)

Available in DVD or VHS. The complete series is on 1 DVD for instant access to the content chapters in all 4 videos. Extra features of the DVD include indexes, labeled slides, glossary, animations, English subtitles, and an iMovie project.

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The Nature of Light
(Includes 10-question Video Quiz and 30-page Teacher's Guide)

Students will learn about the different frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum. Vivid animation is used to explore the visible spectrum of light and the colors it allows us to see everyday. The video also investigates various modes of light production. Other terminology includes: wavelength, frequency, light year, neon, photon, and photoelectric effect.
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Using Light
(Includes 10-question Video Quiz and 30-page Teacher's Guide)

This video examines the various uses of light and the role of different types of lenses in light refraction. The way in which eyeglasses, contact lenses, and binoculars manipulate light to allow us to see better is illustrated. Other terminology includes: regular and diffuse reflection, plane, concave and convex mirrors, opaque, refraction, angle of refraction, and concave and convex lenses.
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Sound
(Includes 10-question Video Quiz and 30-page Teacher's Guide)

This program investigates sound, how it is produced, how it travels, its specific properties, and its everyday uses. This video also explores the different interactions between sound waves, including the reflection and combination of sounds. Other terminology includes: elasticity, density, hertz, frequency, pitch, ultrasonic, infrasonic, Doppler Effect, intensity, loudness, and decibel.
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Waves
(Includes 10-question Video Quiz and 30-page Teacher's Guide)

This video explores the characteristics of waves. It explains the speed of waves, how this value is calculated and the four basic interaction between waves. Other terminology includes: vibration, crest, trough, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference; and mechanical, electromagnetic, transverse, surface, and longitudinal waves.
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