| Optics Exercises and Tutorial - (Univ of Florida). A sample electronic lecture or worksheet.
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| The Speed of Light - Describes how the speed of light was measured. Includes curriculum-based science quizzes about light for K-12 (grades 4 to 7) students.
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| Sighting the First Sense - 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.
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| Tux Teaches Photonics - A collection of information, lessons and quizes about photonics, taught by Tux.
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| WebTOP - 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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| Reflections In Choppy Water - Why does light reflecting off a lake or ocean appear to be "smeared" into a long strip?.
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| Fraunhofer Lines - Prominent Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum of the sun are shown, together with their corresponding wavelengths. Very pretty!
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| History of Optics - Timeline of optics-related historical moments.
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| Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography - Photo gallery plus directions to make a pinhole camera, take pictures and develop them. Also, links to other pinhole camera sites.
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| Polarized Light - 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.
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| How Stuff Works: Light - Seven-segment detailed explanation uses drawings and animations to show how light works and how photons are generated, with many related links.
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| Moiré Phenomenon - A book and a downloadable moire demonstration kit for printing on transparencies.
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| Optics for Kids - An overview of the basics of optics suitable for elementary school children. Also discusses careers in science and engineering.
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| Optical Fibres Project - How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction, Snell's Law, total internal reflection and critical angles.
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| Applications of Light: Scanners - Tutorial with bibliography.
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| Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) - Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses.
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| Nanoptics, Inc., Fiberoptic Tutorial - History, theory and use of fiber optics.
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| Molecular Expressions: Images from the Microscope - 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.
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| Cool Cosmos - 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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