Monday, 20 September 2021

Play with light and light phenomenon

 Here are the links to few online resources to play with the light and light related phenomenon

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SCIENCE OF LIGHT RESOURCES

Labs & Lessons

Online Resources

  • A Kid's Guide to Light - A listing of activities and resources for young people interested in learning about light and adults interested in helping them

  • Bibliography of Classical Optics - Approximately 1,500 titles, compiled by Douglas Goodman, Polaroid Corp (1980-1993), PDF format 230K

  • B-Photonics - Exciting Photonics Stem Projects 

  • Exploring Optics - A hands-on curriculum that teaches about light waves and their associated technical applications

  • Light Science for Kids - Shine light on scientific facts to see how everything revolves around light

  • Optics 4 Kids - A website for students, teachers, and parents devoted to everything optics

  • Photon terrace - A fun website from Hamamatsu to learn about light

  • Photonics - Technical applications of light - Infographics explaining photonics

  • Photonics Project - Resources, Calculations, and More

  • Prismatic Magic - Laser programs to bring to your school

  • Science, Optics &, You - Free standards-based, interdisciplinary curriculum package for elementary students and teachers to explore light, color, and optics

  • Science Made Simple - Beyond the Rainbow, the Invisible World - Traveling shows in the UK bringing inspirational science to your school

  • The Exploratorium Science Snacks - Snacks about Light

Videos


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Optics: Light, Color, and Their Uses Educator Guide

  1. Product Type:

     

    Educator Guides

     

    Lesson Plans/Activities

  2. Audience:

     

    Educators

  3. Grade Levels:

     

    K-4

     

    5-8

     

    9-12

  4. Publication Year:

     

    2000

  5. Product Number:

     

    EG-2000-10-64-MSFC

  6. Subjects:

     

    Heat and Light

     

    Light

     

    Optics

     

    Physics

The guide contains color and light activities using lenses, prisms and mirrors to create telescopes, periscopes, microscopes and kaleidoscopes. Other activities include finding focal length and understanding reflection, refraction and diffraction. Activities are marked by grade level.

Optics Educator Guide [6MB PDF file]

Lessons/Activities:
Light, Color, and Their Uses Introduction
Reflection of Light With a Plane (Flat) Mirror - Trace a Star (K-8)
Reflection of Light With Two Plane Mirrors
     - Double Mirrors Placed at a 90-Degree Angle (K-8)
Reflection of Light With Two Plane Mirrors
     - Double Mirrors Placed at a Number of Angles (5-8)
Making a Kaleidoscope (9-12)
Making a Periscope (5-12)
Constructing a Spectroscope (5-8)
Exploring Diffraction With a Spectroscope (K-8)
Diffraction of Light by Very Small Apertures (9-12)
Discovering Color With a Prism (K-8)
Light and Color - Color Spinners (K-8)
Light and Color - Filters (K-4)
Light and Color - Hidden Messages (K-8)
Simple Magnifiers (K-8)
Focusing Light With a Lens (9-12)
Building a Telescope (9-12)
Building a Microscope (9-12)
Interference Fringes (9-12)
Polarization of Light (9-12)


International year of the Light 2015 Resources

Hands On Projects

Exploratorium
Find activities that can be done at home from the Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco.
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Hands-On Optics
Through these activities, students gain experience and understanding of optics principles, as well as learning the basics of inquiry, critical thinking, and problem solving skills involving optics.
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Optics4Kids Activities
In this website are experiments that will help you understand the physics of light impress your friends with your new ability to manipulate light and color using nothing but a few gumballs and a shoebox.
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WEBSITES

Optics4Kids
The Optical Society presents Exploring the Science of Light. Find games and ideas for science fair projects. Learn how optics can focus your future!
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Physics and Light
Physics4Kids.com introduces the basics of physics to all ages. There are sections on motion, mechanics, light, heat, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics.
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Educational Videos, Lessons and Games for K-12 School Kids
Light and Optics for Kids - Interesting videos, lessons, quiz games, interactive diagrams, presentations and activities on light and optics.
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Optical Illusions
This site is a fascinating collection of graphic demonstrations of optical illusions and visual phenomena, by Michael Bach of Freiburg University. The illusions include discussion of the science behind the visuals.
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Stanford Solar Center
The Stanford Solar Center provides teachers, students, and the interested public with the latest information about the Sun. They also provide educational resources such, as a popular, free, build-your-own spectroscopes.
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Your Guide to Physics on the Web
This site has is great for browsing articles and interactive features about physics, including light.
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Light & Radiation Interactive Simulations
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado.
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Light Science for Kids
Many topics from a variety of sources, designed for kids.
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Teaching Telecommunications
An Interactive K-12 Lesson Plan Collection for Parents and Teachers.
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How Light Works: The Science of Light and Optics
Various information on light and optics.
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