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ERIC Number: EJ315897
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Light's Disappearing Act.
Murphy, Richard S.; Kwasnoski, John B.
Science Teacher, v52 n3 p26-28 Mar 1985
With an aquarium and a few tools, a simple apparatus to quantitatively illustrate absorption rates of light passing through fresh, salt, and other waters (such as distilled water) can be constructed. Students learn that extinction rates are different and that the intensity/depth relationship is exponential. (DH)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Laboratory Procedures, Light, Optics, Physical Sciences, Science Education, Science Equipment, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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