Physics: Education: Light and Optics

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	Home: Physics: Education: Light and Optics CATEGORIES:   Holography (15)   Lasers (9) LINKS: Optics Exercises and Tutorial http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~selman/Demo1.html (Univ of Florida). A sample electronic lecture or worksheet. The Speed of Light http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/ Describes how the speed of light was measured. Includes curriculum-based science quizzes about light for K-12 (grades 4 to 7) students. Sighting the First Sense http://library.thinkquest.org/C001464/cgi-bin/view.cgi?show_item=cl Introduction to light. Topics touched upon include reflection, refraction, interference and includes interactive applets to demonstrate theories. Designed by students for the ThinkQuest Internet Challenge 2000. Tux Teaches Photonics http://www.photonics.150m.com A collection of information, lessons and quizes about photonics, taught by Tux. WebTOP http://webtop.msstate.edu/ A 3D interactive computer graphics system that instructors can use to help teach optics, and that students can use to simulate and visualize optical phenomena to help them learn about optics. Reflections In Choppy Water http://b435-boas.stanford.edu/home/science/water_reflection/index.html Why does light reflecting off a lake or ocean appear to be "smeared" into a long strip?. Fraunhofer Lines http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/fraunhofer.html Prominent Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum of the sun are shown, together with their corresponding wavelengths. Very pretty! History of Optics http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/D1/hist.htm Timeline of optics-related historical moments. Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/ Photo gallery plus directions to make a pinhole camera, take pictures and develop them. Also, links to other pinhole camera sites. Polarized Light http://www.polarization.com/ Fascinating facts about polarized light, from rainbows to beetles, from viking navigation to LCD displays. Myths and truth about polarized sunglasses. Also a shop with polarized-only items. How Stuff Works: Light http://www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm Seven-segment detailed explanation uses drawings and animations to show how light works and how photons are generated, with many related links. Moiré Phenomenon http://diwww.epfl.ch/w3lsp/books/moire/index.html A book and a downloadable moire demonstration kit for printing on transparencies. Optics for Kids http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html An overview of the basics of optics suitable for elementary school children. Also discusses careers in science and engineering. Optical Fibres Project http://physix_jun.tripod.com/ How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction, Snell's Law, total internal reflection and critical angles. Applications of Light: Scanners http://users.pcnet.ro/luly2002/ Tutorial with bibliography. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/ Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses. Nanoptics, Inc., Fiberoptic Tutorial http://www.nanoptics.com/tutorial.htm History, theory and use of fiber optics. Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/ Features hundreds of photomicrographs (photographs through the microscope) of everything from superconductors and high-tech materials to ice cream and beer. Also includes tutorials about microscopy and optics. Cool Cosmos http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ Offers lessons and activities for infrared light. Also, includes has online tutorials, games and graphic galleries that related to this topic.

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