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Includes a section on careers in optics, vision and color, optics in nature, optics and laser lab,
and biomedical and health applications.
http://www.opticsforkids.org/index.cfm
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Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You
Timeline, interactive java applets showing various properties of light and lenses, tutorials, and
other links for students.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/
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What Makes an Object Coloured
Explains principles of reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission to explain how objects
are a particular colour.
http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/objects_and_colour.asp
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How we see Colour
Explains human perception of colour and optical illusions in depth with clear diagrams.
http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/colour_perception.asp
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Light and Colour
Explains how we see colour and discusses the mixing of frequencies.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/health_/colour.htm
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Color and Color Vision
Explains additive and subtractive colour mixing, the mixing of wavelengths, Newton's dispersion of
white light to show the colours of the rainbow.
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/color.htm
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Colorworm Explains Color
An online book about light and color for all ages. Explains the electromagnetic spectrum, visible
light, RGB, CMYK, light, and mixing paint colors.
http://php.iupui.edu/~pellison/colorworm/home.html
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
From NASA, an overview of the different types of electromagnetic waves.
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/ems.html
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Light Refraction
Uses example of sphere on a checkerboard to show how light is refracted.
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/light/rayOptics/refraction/refraction1.html
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Light and Optics: Online Meteorology Guide
Introduces optical effects resulting from light interaction with air, dust and haze particles, ice
crystals and water droplets.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/home.rxml
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The Reflection and Refraction of Light
Uses geometry to predict reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, and looks at how speed and
wavelength varies with different media.
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/PY106/Reflection.html
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Java Applet
Java applet exploring reflection and refraction of light beam and laser beam.
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/light/flashLight.html
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How Light Works
Explains light in terms of photons to explain reflection, refraction and absorption.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
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How Does a Pinhole Camera Work?
Explains the principles behind the pinhole camera.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question131.htm
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Skytopia - Colour and Light Trivia
Amusing guide lists various oddities about colour and light. Find trivia on 3D, mirrors, light
bulbs, and contradictions about the perception of colour.
http://www.skytopia.com/project/light/light.html
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The Speed of Light
Defines the speed of light and describes how man learned to measure it. Includes interactive quiz.
http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/
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Optics for Kids
An overview of the basics of optics, also discusses careers in science and engineering.
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
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Optics 4 Kids
Tells about the science of light and answers common questions. Also explores careers in optics.
From the Optical Society of America.
http://www.optics4kids.org/
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