TEACHING RESOURCES
All activities below are in downloadable .pdf format
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
Light and Color

A Colorful Lab in a Bag
Analysis of Light with a CD Spectroscope
Auditorium Sound and  Light Demonstration
Camera Lab in a Bag
Color Mixing Turbine
Constructing a CD Spectroscope
Exploring Infrared Radiation Using a TV Remote Control
Exploring Polarization
Exploring Scattering and Polarization
Lens Lab in a Bag
Light Exploration
Permanent Thin Film Colors
Phosphorescence Exploration

Waves and Sound

Simple Standing Wave Apparatus
The Good Vibrations Smorgasbord
Waves on a Coiled Spring

Force, Motion and Energy

Force, Motion and Energy Exploration
The Car Push Lab


DEMONSTRATIONS
Light and Color

Freaky Faces
Light Wave Communications System
Lovely Vanna
Magic Wand
Make and Take Beat Demo
Ping-Pong Ball Color Mixer
Reverse Mask
Tantalizer
The Mini-Laser Spirograph
Anamorphic Grid
Anamorphic Images

     
RESOURCES
Sources for Materials
Links

Optics Resource List
Resources for Teaching about Force, Motion and Energy
Cool Stuff Newletter Archives
Toys from Trash
Doctor Demo's Science Demonstrations
Exploratorium Science Snacks
Optics for Kids
Jose Pino's Science and Non-Electronics Projects
Sci-Toys
Illusion Works - optical and sensory illusions
Optical Society of America’s Optics for Kids
Shadow formation simulation
Bob Miller’s Light Walk
Physics and Toys


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