TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Estimating the Storage Capacity of a Cd/dvd
Students estimate the storage capacity of CDs and DVDs by assessing diffraction patterns of green and red laser beams.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Light: Absorb, Reflect, Transmit or Refract?
In a hands-on way, students explore light's properties of absorption, reflection, transmission and refraction through various experimental stations within the classroom. To understand absorption, reflection and transmission, they shine...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Lasers, Let's Find 'Em!
Students research particular types of lasers and find examples of how they are used in technology today. Teams present their findings by means of PowerPoint presentations, videos or brochures. The class takes notes on the presentations...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Laser Types and Uses
Through two classroom demos, students are introduced to the basic properties of lasers through various mediums. In the Making an Electric Pickle demonstration, students see how cellular tissue is able to conduct electricity, and how this...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Charles H. Townes, ph.d.
Biography of Charles Townes who is credited for discovering microwave and laser technology from which came digital storage transforming our world.
Other
Holoworld: Frank De Freitas Holography
This website focuses on Frank DeFreitas including his biography and the science of holograms and the technology of making holograms. Illustrated with examples.
Other
Atomic Physic at Lund University
Lund University's on atomic physics. The site is quite comprehensive with information on projects, research, publications, reports, external sites, etc.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Cancer.gov: Lasers in Cancer Treatment
This site discusses the different uses for lasers in medicine. It provides specific details on the uses of lasers in treating cancer. Also contains links to definitions of many of the terms used througout the site.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Resources: Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics
Several demonstrations shown in a video lecture format, illustrate the theory and applications of lasers and optics.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Lasers
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!
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: A Very Good Blast From the Past
Describes the importance of laser technology to modern life, how the laser was invented, how lasers work, and what we can expect in the future from laser technology. [Date of Article: October 27, 2010]
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Physics to Go: Explore Physics on Your Own
Contains a full physics curriculum with links to games, webcasts, and activities. By creating a free account, students and teachers can create their own personal collection of resources.
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: X Ray Lasers
X-ray lasers are produced by electron beams and are extremely intense,. They have important applications in particle physics. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...
Other
Canal Kids: Grandes Ingenerates (Big Inventions)
An exploration of four defining scientific inventions/discoveries of recent history: plastic, laser technology, electricity, and bar codes. The history and development of these technologies, along with examples of their application and...
University of Oxford (UK)
University of Oxford: Easy Laser Physics
This is a site which explains the inner workings of Lasers. The site is detailed in its explanations but is easily understood at the junior and senior high school level.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Theodore Maiman
Theodore Maiman built the world's first operable laser. Ironically, Maiman's first paper announcing this momentous achievement, which many other scientists had been racing to complete themselves, was rejected. Since then, however, lasers...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Laser O Logy Card
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and similar bite-size pieces of information about the properties and uses of lasers.
Read Works
Read Works: Tag! You're Hit!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two boys who want to throw a birthday party for a friend. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Lasers
What is a laser? Illustrated discussion of lasers includes how they work and how they are used.