Classroom Use

Initially apparent are several topics that can be discussed at length:

Light is composed of colors that can be dispersed and recombined with a prism.
A substance that absorbs a certain color appears to have the complementary color.
The absorbed photons have an energy that corresponds to the spacing between quantum energy levels.
The qualitative aspects of the particle in a box model:
- a particle confined to some region of space will have discrete energy levels
- the dependence on mass and length
The visible spectrum, and it's relationship to the electromagnetic spectrum.
How different molecular motions lead to absorption in different parts of the spectrum.

Additionally, the applet can be used to allow students to check their pencil & paper problems.