Sources of light interactive activity
challenge pack full of activities and projects for you to do in Science and Engineering
Optics, the science of light, is studied by both scientists and engineers. It includes defining light, learning how it is produced, how it travels, and how it is measured. Today's picks run the gamut from simple science for K-3 students, to sites appropri
Science Snacks are "miniature versions of some of the most popular exhibits at the Exploratorium" science museum of San Francisco.
"An age-old debate which has persisted among scientists is related to the question, 'Is light a wave or a stream of particles?' Very noteworthy and distinguished physicists have taken up each side of the argument, providing a wealth of evidence for each s
Another one for the high-school and college crowd, this physics primer from Florida State University is part of a larger site on microscopy, which is research using microscopes.
Created by middle-school science teacher Georgia Louviere, Newton's 3 Laws of Motion is my pick of the day for middle-school students because of its delightful use of animation.
For middle and high school science enthusiasts, The Why Files dive into Einstein's theories about the speed of light and the space-time continuum.
The Scripp's Birch Aquarium Learning Center is a collection of two Web cams (KelpCam and PierCam), animal facts (including an extensive sea horse feature), and my two favorite clicks: Science Spotlights and Online Interactives (a fancy made-up phrase for
This collection of animations will help first-year physics students visualize and better understand the science of sound and light waves.
To understand the science of colors, we must first know something about the nature of light. Light is an energy source that behaves like a wave. The distance between the each wave is called the wavelength. Light of different wavelengths appear as differen
