Now, if I gave you the following things:

http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~ejw/tatum/old-pics.html ; http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/assets/topics/ ; http://www.dmns.org/newsroom/museumLogosPhotos.html ; http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/handson/scattering.html ; http://www.digitalpixie.net/family.htm

you should be able to say which has the largest total emitted energy; the longest wavelength of peak emission; and the highest frequency of peak emission.

[Students discuss with their neighbor and vote]

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