(Answered):Lab Exercise Light Stars And The Solar System Lab . . . .

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Part 1. How to Make a Spectroscope

What you will need:

1. A CD or DVD that can be sacrificed to this project. Old software CDROMs work great.
2. A cereal box. Any size that can hold a CD or DVD disk will do.
3. A sharp knife or razor blade to cut into the cereal box.

Our spectroscope has three main parts. There is a slit made from a razor blade to make a path for the light, a diffraction grating made from a CD disk, and a viewing port.

To construct your spectroscope, you need to