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Optics Resources - sponsored by SPIE
Up one levelA group of lessons developed by Matthew Kinnaird as part of the SPIE fellowship for Summer 2011. The lessons connect the topic of optics at the high school level to spectroscopy and PARI's citizen science project SCOPE - Stellar Clasification: Online Public Exploration.
- Optics Unit Introduction
- Summary of lessons along with all standards covered in the state of North Carolina
- Lesson I
- Lesson on wave nature of light. Topics covered: light in different media and ray diagrams.
- Lesson II
- Laboratory experiment where students derive the thin lens equation
- Lesson III
- Online lesson to help students understand spectroscopy using images of stars stored at PARI
- Lesson IV
- Two online webquests where students can explore a) how lenses and telescopes relate to astronomy and b) how diffraction and spectroscopy also help with astronomy
- Lab on Lens Equation
- Inquiry based lab that allows students to derive the "thin lens equation" using one convex lens and a light source
- PDF copy of entire Optical Lesson
- This is a copy of all four lessons