The EM Spectrum and how we measure it

In a demo-rich talk, one hour long talk, we shall go through the spectrum from the lowest frequency balloon waves (created when you manually move a charged balloon up and down), to gamma rays and everything in between.

As I'm from the UK's National Measurement Institute we shall include discussions of how our diverse staff measure and use the EM Spectrum in measurement.

As we will travel nationwide with this talk, demos need to fit in a suitcase so videos of the more bulky items (like an anechoic chamber) will need to connect our laptop to your AV system (that includes sound).

Reinforce understanding of the EM spectrum:

- names of the parts of it.

- applications of its use.

Understanding of measurement:

- importance and significance of measurement in STEM

- how EM is used in it (eg lasers for length measurement an din atomic clocks)

'Meeting' STEM professionals:

- brief recorded chats from diverse people in their labs. 

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