This animation discusses light and the properties of light in a storybook format. The animations cover the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) along with prisms, light waves, reflection, and refraction.

Observe the appearance of objects under different conditions to find that objects are only visible when illuminated by light, explore how light interacts with different materials, and develop a code that uses light to communicate across...

Learners will use a variety of objects to participate in a partner activity and communicate using light and sound waves. Resources include a video, pictures and videos of the lesson in action, and examples of student work.

In this series of interactive physics tutorials, students will focus on the wavelike nature of light.

A study guide for concepts related to wave optics.

Students read a detailed description and explanation of Thomas Young's experiment which played a major role in the general acceptance of the wave theory of light.

Students examine the findings of Thomas Young's light experiment, which showed that an interference pattern results when light from two sources meets up while traveling through the same medium.

An introduction to the concept of the visible light spectrum provided in an animated format.

Students investigate the underlying causes of two-point source interference pattern. They also discover that the spatial separation between the antinodal and nodal lines in the pattern is related to the wavelength of the waves.

After looking at a representative two-point source interference pattern with accompanying order numbers, students investigate the rationale behind the numbering system, and develop some mathematical equations that relate the features of...

Students learn how the eye responds to visible light, and how that function ultimately allows us to see.

Through illustrated practice problems and video clips, students learn about polarization of light.

Students investigate an example of interference that provides further evidence in support of the wavelike behavior of light.

Where can we experience the phenomenon that light taking two paths from two locations to the same point in space can undergo constructive and destructive interference? There are several answers to these questions and they will be...

This illustrated physics tutorial explains the electromagnetic and visible spectra of light using illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.

In this physics tutorial, students learn how materials that have been permeated by specific pigments will selectively absorb specific frequencies of light in order to produce a desired appearance.

Discusses the nature of an electromagnetic wave. Explains the oscillating electric field and represents it through clever graphics and animations.

Using an interesting and intriguing format, this page discusses the question of "How does one measure the speed of light." Explanation focuses on Galileo's and Roemer's efforts to obtain a reasonable value. Also discusses Heinrich...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction to light waves. It discusses a wave's crest, trough, amplitude and how to measure a wave.

Download this Educators Guide to light, color, and their uses. Choose from different activities using lenses, prisms, hidden messages, periscopes, and kaleidoscopes

Download this Educators Guide to light, color, and their uses. Choose from different activities using lenses, prisms, hidden messages, periscopes, and kaleidoscopes

Light travels as transverse waves and can travel through a vacuum. Sound travels as longitudinal waves and needs to travel through a solid, liquid or gas. Read about the properties of light and of sound, and learn the differences between...

Conduct virtual experiments with water, sound, and light waves to determine the sine wave and patterns created in each.

In order to understand refraction, students will explore the factors that affect the speed at which a light wave is transported through a medium.