Light,
light, light, and more light! We
see it all the time. However we can’t taste it, we cannot touch it, we can’t
smell it, we can’t really hear it! So WHAT is it? I’m sure that you are on the
edge of your seat, JUST WAITING, for me to tell you. Light is a noun and it is something that makes things visible or
affords illumination: ex. All colors depend on light. As you can see, light is easily
defined in a dictionary, but humans have been boggled by the concept of light
for a while, well, since forever started. However, in science class I
realized that order to understand light, we must know what we actually see of
light (visible light), is filtered through our Earth’s atmosphere and reflected
off of various objects and surfaces. This,
my friend is how we see light and how it works.
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What I found difficult about studying light is remembering how we see
light. It’s a hard concept to remember (that light is filtered through our
atmosphere; it’s kind of mind blowing actually). When I was studying my problem solving skills
kicked in once again! I studied by just
memorizing the electromagnetic spectrum and remembering it for the quiz. My
problem when studying was doing it creatively. My studying is usually just “cold
turkey.”
When thinking about
how light related to my life, I couldn’t really think of much, but then this
popped up in my head… (still thinking actually). I saw that my “visible
light” (outward appearance) is only a small part of me (the electromagnetic
spectrum). Our “visible light” is our clothes, our skin, our face… etc. , but
our true personality can’t really be seen. You have to get to know a person
before you know their personality.
Anyways, I enjoyed
studying light, how we see it and how it works. I hope that someday we will
know even more about the wonderful, mysterious, elusive, world of light.
-Caitlin
Sources:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
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