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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser. Add a second source or a pair of slits to create an interference pattern.
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Physics: Light Ii: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on light and electromagnetism. Discussion includes historical discoveries that led to the understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Visible Light and Matter

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How visible light interacts with matter and classifying matter in terms of light.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: Direction of Bending

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive physics tutorial about refraction, students investigate the topic of the direction of bending of a light wave.
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Cat Scans: Projecting Shadows

For Students 9th - 10th
This page and the three pages which follow discuss how X-ray technology can be used to produce an image of the human body. Discussion is understandable and highly intriguing. Several interactive animations allow the visitor to explore...
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Quantum Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Several pages with an interesting discussion of the visible light spectrum and atomic absorption and emission line spectrum. Features excellent graphics, thorough and understandable discussion, and many interactive Java applets.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electromagnetic Waves and the Wave Nature of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson about electromagnetic waves students will explore what they can see, what they can't, and what they know about the wave nature of this thing called "light."
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Photoelectric Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
See how light knocks electrons off a metal target, and recreate the experiment that spawned the field of quantum mechanics. Describe how the results lead to the photon model of light.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are presented with a challenge question concerning color blindness and asked to use engineering principles to design devices to help people who are color blind. Using the legacy cycle as a model, this unit is comprised of five...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and virtual simulations, students explore the properties of electromagnetic waves.
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Interactive
Other

Open School Bc: Sound and Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Sound and Light interactive investigates these two forms of energy. Students will enjoy exploring how sound and light are created, travel, and can be controlled.
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Website
NASA

Rxte Learning Center: Frequency, Wave Length, and Energy Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource focuses on the relationship between the frequency, wavelength and speed of light. Has a link to an interactive activity relating frequency, wavelength, and energy.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Wave Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Two wave graphs depicting a sine wave and relating the various characteristics (wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and period) of a wave to each other. The site includes an interactive JavaScript form in which the visitor enters one...
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: Light and Shadow [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, students experience how light interacts with the environment by investigating relationships between shadows and light. Students will experiment with light by observing how light travels through materials and distances.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Blackbody Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
How does the blackbody spectrum of the sun compare to visible light? Learn about the blackbody spectrum of the sun, a light bulb, an oven, and the earth. Adjust the temperature to see the wavelength and intensity of the spectrum change....
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Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Reflection of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth discussion on reflection of light can be found here. Among the topics discussed include are the difference between specular and diffuse reflection, concave and convex mirrors, facets, total internal reflection, and much more....
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Diffraction

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics department site provides links about the diffraction of light. Each page includes thorough explanations and meaningful graphics. Some pages include interactive problem-solving practice sections.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Wave Interactions

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ways that waves can interact with matter and examples.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Winery: Why Can We See Through Some Objects but Not Others?

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the properties of materials in their interactions with light, including whether they are opaque, transparent, or translucent, and which of these produce shadows.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Wave Interactions: Law of Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Move the light source to see what happens to the reflected ray as you change the angle of the incident ray.
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah State Office of Education: Force, Energy, & Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
A unit on energy, force, and motion presented with interactive and classroom activities. Students gain an understanding of weight, mass, potential and kinetic energy, sound, and heat with this engaging resource.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spectrometry Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial illustrates how spectrometry is used to study, identify, and quantify materials.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Least Time

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how Snell's Law arises out of the principle of least time; understand how light rays change direction at interfaces between materials using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a...
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Activity
Science is Fun

Science Is Fun: Floating Soap Bubbles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this experiment you learn how to generate carbon dioxide inside a container, and float soap bubbles above the gas. Once the bubbles are suspended, it is possible to observe them closely, which is normally very difficult to do....