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Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons
published by the Concord Consortium
supported by the National Science Foundation
This concept-building activity contains a set of sequenced simulations for investigating how atoms can be excited to give off radiation (photons). Students explore 3-dimensional models to learn about the nature of photons as "wave packets" of light, how photons are emitted, and the connection between an atom's electron configuration and how it absorbs light.

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Work and Energy
= Conservation of Energy
Education Practices
- Technology
= Multimedia
Modern Physics
- Atomic Physics
= Absorption
= Atomic Models
= Electron Properties
Quantum Physics
- Bound State Systems
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
= Model
= Problem/Problem Set
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
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Keywords:
atomic structure, atomic/molecular, energy levels, light, orbital model, photon, photon emission, standard model
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created August 21, 2012 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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July 31, 2011
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4E. Energy Transformations
  • 9-12: 4E/H5. When energy of an isolated atom or molecule changes, it does so in a definite jump from one value to another, with no possible values in between. The change in energy occurs when light is absorbed or emitted, so the light also has distinct energy values. The light emitted or absorbed by separate atoms or molecules (as in a gas) can be used to identify what the substance is.
  • 9-12: 4E/H7. Thermal energy in a system is associated with the disordered motions of its atoms or molecules. Gravitational energy is associated with the separation of mutually attracting masses. Electrical potential energy is associated with the separation of mutually attracting or repelling charges.
  • 9-12: 4E/H9. Many forms of energy can be considered to be either kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion, or potential energy, which depends on the separation between mutually attracting or repelling objects.
4F. Motion
  • 6-8: 4F/M6. Light acts like a wave in many ways. And waves can explain how light behaves.
4G. Forces of Nature
  • 9-12: 4G/H2b. At the atomic level, electric forces between electrons and protons in atoms hold molecules together and thus are involved in all chemical reactions.
  • 9-12: 4G/H8. The motion of electrons is far more affected by electrical forces than protons are because electrons are much less massive and are outside of the nucleus.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models
  • 6-8: 11B/M1. Models are often used to think about processes that happen too slowly, too quickly, or on too small a scale to observe directly. They are also used for processes that are too vast, too complex, or too dangerous to study.

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Alignments

High School — Functions (9-12)

Interpreting Functions (9-12)
  • F-IF.6 Calculate and interpret the average rate of change of a function (presented symbolically or as a table) over a specified interval. Estimate the rate of change from a graph.

Common Core State Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12

Key Ideas and Details (6-12)
  • RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.
  • RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
Craft and Structure (6-12)
  • RST.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11—12 texts and topics.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity (6-12)
  • RST.11-12.10 By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 11—CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Common Core State Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 6—12

Text Types and Purposes (6-12)
  • 1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. (WHST.11-12.1)
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(The Concord Consortium, Concord, 2010), WWW Document, (https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons).
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Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons (The Concord Consortium, Concord, 2010), <https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons>.
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Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons. (2011, July 31). Retrieved April 26, 2024, from The Concord Consortium: https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons
Chicago Format
National Science Foundation. Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons. Concord: The Concord Consortium, July 31, 2011. https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons (accessed 26 April 2024).
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Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons. Concord: The Concord Consortium, 2010. 31 July 2011. National Science Foundation. 26 Apr. 2024 <https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons>.
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