Course Summary

The course is structured in six units plus conclusions and references.

In the Introduction, the main structure of the course and the educational objectives are described. The target group also specified is.

Units 2 and 3 provide some fundamental concepts related to the main subject like: heat transfer and radiation process and an introduction to the concept of blackbody and its characteristics.

Unit 4 describes the interactive simulation “PhET sim Blackbody Spectrum”provided by the PhET, University of Colorado that allows us to use it as part of this work.

In Unit 5 you will find a short description of the online laboratory and the remote experiments which will help students to understand the black body concept better.

At the end of those units you have to solve a final project that involves all the knowledge accumulated during this course.

The last point refers to conclusion and references.