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Applications of Light: Scanners
http://users.pcnet.ro/luly2002/
Tutorial with bibliography.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nanoptics, Inc., Fiberoptic Tutorial
http://www.nanoptics.com/tutorial.htm
History, theory and use of fiber optics.

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.

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.

Optics Exercises and Tutorial
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~selman/Demo1.html
(Univ of Florida). A sample electronic lecture or worksheet.

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.

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.

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?.

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/
Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses.

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.

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.

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.

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