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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
Infrared
Processing and Analysis Center
Find
out how NASA scientists use infrared radiation to learn about the Universe.
Visit the Outreach section for tutorials, activities, and games. Be sure to
visit the Infrared Zoo to see what different animals look like using infrared
imaging and stop by the Infrared Image Gallery and look at object like popsicles,
toasters, and burritos!
Intended
Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section:
No Searchable: No Science: Physical Science Curriculum Standard 5f Students will demonstrate an increasing
understanding that energy can be transmitted by waves, using light and sound
as examples.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Identify ways in which light can be generated, e.g. heat, electricity, chemicals.
- Distinguish among objects which are opaque, transparent, and translucent.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: - Identify and distinguish among the various forms of electromagnet radiation,
e.g. visible light, microwaves, X-rays.
Curriculum Standard 5f
Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding that heat is the product
of many natural processes. Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Explore and identify sources of heat including chemical, mechanical, and
absorption of radiation.
- Identify the effect of heat on common substances.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Formulate a series of explorations that distinguish between heat and temperature.
- Examine the relationship between the effects of heating and cooling and the
motion of the molecules of the substance being heated or cooled.
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