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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips:the Nature of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents mechanics concepts about light with animations and film clips. Learn about light and color, wavelengths, speed of light, electromagnetic waves, Young's experiment, and photons.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Scattering Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of several pages explaining the principles which underlie Rayleigh scattering of light.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Geometrical Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents geometrical optics concepts like rays, refraction, Snell's law, total internal reflection, dispersion, mirrors, and lenses with animations and film clips.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Diffraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents the concept of diffraction with animations and film clips.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Angle of Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Focusing on the question, "By how much does light refract when it crosses a boundary?" this physics tutorial will allow students the opportunity to explore these concepts of refraction.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: The Critical Angle

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated examples and interactive practice problems that introduce students to the concept of the critical angle, the angle of incidence that provides an angle of refraction of 90-degrees.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Atmospheric Optics Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics department site features an indexing page for a variety of pages pertaining to atmospheric optics. Topics include rainbows, halos, auroras, mirages, star twinkling, sunsets, green flashes, coronas, and more. Excellent...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Lasers

For Students 9th - 10th
If you want to know how atoms and photons work together to make lasers this site has great explanations. There are interactive applets to help you really understand the concepts!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Quantum Dots and Colors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the physical concept of the colors of rainbows as light energy in the form of waves with distinct wavelengths, but in a different manner than traditional kaleidoscopes. Looking at different quantum dot...
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Light Overview Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on the main concepts of light.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Black Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Robotics Peripheral Vision

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This unit is designed for advanced programming classes. It leads students through a study of human vision and computer programming simulation. Students apply their previous knowledge of arrays and looping structures to implement a new...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Color Vision Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page from Georgia State University for a variety of other pages associated with color vision. Pages are filled with meaningful graphics and thorough explanations.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: All Fat Is Not Created Equally!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn that fats found in the foods we eat are not all the same; they discover that physical properties of materials are related to their chemical structures. Provided with several samples of commonly used fats with different...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are presented with a challenge question concerning color blindness and asked to use engineering principles to design devices to help people who are color blind. Using the legacy cycle as a model, this unit is comprised of five...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Applied Science and Technology 210: Electrical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the application of electrical engineering topics. Webpage includes twenty-eight lectures from a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Lectures vary in length and...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Henri Poincare

For Students 9th - 10th
Mathematics and Science often go together in physics and other studies. This site explores a physicist who utilized both fields to advance the ideas of relativity and other concepts.
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Curated OER

Hyper Physics: Scattering Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of several pages explaining the principles which underlie Rayleigh scattering of light.
Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Photoelectric Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Deepen your understanding of photoelectric effects with this presentation. Learn about the history and physics of these light concepts.