Light source that refracts full spectrum, other than the sun
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 2:22 pm
Hello,
I'm not actually a teacher (I have nothing but admiration and thanks to the real heroes who fight in the educational trenches every day), but I do astronomy outreach twice a year at a local grade school in grades 5 and 6.
One of the highlights of my presentation is explaining the electro-magnetic spectrum, especially when I make sunlight diffract through a prism and all the colors of the spectrum splash onto the wall. So far I've been lucky and the Sun has been shining every time, but one day it'll be cloudy, and I won't be able to do this experiment.
QUESTION:
Are there electric light sources that are portable and can produce the full spectrum when diffracted through a prism?
Thanking you all in advance for any help.
Please forgive my (ironically) grand-sounding pseudonym. My regular name was already taken in Outlook.
I'm not actually a teacher (I have nothing but admiration and thanks to the real heroes who fight in the educational trenches every day), but I do astronomy outreach twice a year at a local grade school in grades 5 and 6.
One of the highlights of my presentation is explaining the electro-magnetic spectrum, especially when I make sunlight diffract through a prism and all the colors of the spectrum splash onto the wall. So far I've been lucky and the Sun has been shining every time, but one day it'll be cloudy, and I won't be able to do this experiment.
QUESTION:
Are there electric light sources that are portable and can produce the full spectrum when diffracted through a prism?
Thanking you all in advance for any help.
Please forgive my (ironically) grand-sounding pseudonym. My regular name was already taken in Outlook.