{"id":595720,"date":"2024-04-05T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=595720"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:36:25","slug":"introduction-to-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/introduction-to-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>You can’t see it. . .you can’t touch it. . .you can’t live without it. <\/strong>Use these downloadable activity sheets to enhance your lesson plan at school or at home. Scroll down for the downloadable files. 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