Science Light and Optics Websites for Kids

Light and Optics Websites for Kids

 
 
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81 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena

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Author/Host of Website

Michael Bach
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
There are some amazing optical illusions shown here through computer graphics in motion. While the illusions can be enjoyed by students of any age, the accompanying explanations will...
 
 
Causes of Color

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Author/Host of Website

WebExhibits
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
High (9-12)
From site: Why are things colored? There are three causes. Repeatedly over and over in innumerable variety, they create our colorful world. Light is made...
 
 
Engineering Interact: Light

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Author/Host of Website

Peter Stidwill/University of Cambridge
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
From site: Which evil alien tried to blow up the world? Investigate the science of light to save the world from destruction... Teachers, you can access...
 
 
Exploring the Science of Light

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Author/Host of Website

Optical Society of America
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Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: This Web site is devoted to everything optics! You will find ultra cool activities combining Jell-O and laser pointers, definitions of terms like acousto-optics and retroreflection, profiles...
 
 
Fun With Science: Illusions

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Author/Host of Website

Dr. John Lahr
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: Visit the Illusions pages for some interesting optical illusions, some written in Java, that show why one can not always believe their eyes -- the brain is...
 
 
Laser Challenge

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Author/Host of Website

Nobelprize.org
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: The Laser Challenge educational game and related reading are based on several Nobel Prize awarded discoveries in physics that are related to the invention of the...
 
 
Light & Optics Videos

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Author/Host of Website

NeoK12
Type of Educational Content

Video
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
NeoK12 offers a set of YouTube videos explaining and illustrating light, optics, reflection, refraction, visible spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, wave particles, and lenses. All videos and lessons on...
 
 
Optical Illusions

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Author/Host of Website

Exploratorium
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Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
Tease your brain with more than a dozen optical illusions.  Exploratorium shows how our brain and visual perception interact to deceive us.
 
 
Optics Workbench

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Author/Host of Website

iKnowthat.com
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
From site: Operation Optics gives kids the opportunity to experience the science of light, color and optical instrumentation in both an arcade-style game and a lab-style workbench. In...
 
 
Science, Optics and You

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Author/Host of Website

Michael Davidson/Center for Integrating Research and Learning and Florida State U.
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
From site: Science, Optics and You is a science curriculum package being developed for teachers, students, and parents. These activities are designed to promote the asking and answering of...
 
 
What Changes a Shadow's Size

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Author/Host of Website

NASA's Center for Distance Learning
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
There is a video providing a brief elementary explanation of the concept of light and its distance from an object in changing the size of a shadow.  It requires QuickTime...
 
 
What Makes a Rainbow

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Author/Host of Website

NASA's Center for Distance Learning
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
There is a video providing a brief elementary explanation of the concept of how rain bends light rays to form a rainbow.  It requires QuickTime to run.  The accompanying 4...
 
 
 
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