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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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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse: Physics: Reflection and Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
All waves will reflect and refract in the right circumstances. The reflection and refraction of light explain how people see images, color and even optical illusions. This tutorial discusses each concept and presents an experiment to try...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Wavelength Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationship between the speed of a wave, the frequency of the wave and the wavelength of the wave. Students can vary wave speed and frequency. Each of these should be varied while...
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This Florida State University page introduces light as an electromagnetic wave and discusses the frequency and wavelength range of the various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes links to some interactive Java applets.
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Handout
Other

Gcse: Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site contains a mini tutorial on refraction as well as provides colorful illustrations to aide in learning.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Lord Rayleigh Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum, you can read about the scientific work of Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919 CE). This article includes information on his education and experiments with light and sound waves.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Diffraction and Constructive and Destructive Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Article goes into detail about what exactly is interference.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Film Interference Model

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students construct models of larger red and smaller blue waves on index cards, and use them to investigate how light behaves when it is reflected off the front and the back of soap film.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Photoelectric Effect

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will understand the photoelectric effect and that light has both particle and wave properties. Includes a simulation for exploring the photoelectric effect.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Film Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the constructive and destructive interference of waves as they reflect off the front and back surfaces of soap film. See what colorful effects can be created on a large, vertical soap film surface where gravity comes into play.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Diffraction Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the factors affecting the angle at which constructive interference occurs for waves passing through a two slit diffraction grating. This video helps explain the problem:...
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Ocean Zones

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the underocean environment at this site that surveys animals, environmental factors such as light and temperature, currents, animals, plants, and the like.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Marina

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the interference and diffraction patterns that result when a wave passes through one or two thin openings using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Victorian period heralded a new wave of poetry that was influenced by its Romantic predecessors yet distinctly different. Read articles on how the Victorian poets approached composition, form and language, and what inspired their...
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eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Particles and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses wavelength and the uncertainty principle. Information is also provided on de Broglie wavelength and electron...
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Website
Harvard University

Web Science Resources: A Brief History of Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline compiles an enormous amount of historical information from the field of optics. From 300 BCE to the present, strategic experiments, findings, and theories are described.
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Activity
NOAA

Noaa: Seeing Things Differently Using Polarization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how polarizing filters can make certain objects more visible to the human eye.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Rough Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Website companion to PBS show, "Rough Science," in which five scientists use their collective expertise to complete a series of tasks. Follow the scientists as they do things like generate electricity, make soap, make antibacterial...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover how mirrors affect optics in this module through reading informational text, watching animations, and answering self-checking practice questions.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: The Dark Room

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson allows the class to explore complete darkness to discover that objects need illumination to be seen. Students will make predictions, plan an investigation, and carry out their experiment in the classroom.
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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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Website
Florida State University

Florida State University: Nature of Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Florida State University provides an informational page on electromagnetic radiation discusses the characteristics and properties of its many forms including X-rays, gamma rays, ultraviolet radiation, infrared...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Double Slit Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the terms diffraction, interference, and interference patterns. Describes the double slit experiment and how to determine the wavelength of a double slit...
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Lesson Plan
California Institute of Technology

Exploring Infrared Image Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This NASA lesson plan explores the technology of infrared imaging. Students will use infrared images of everyday items to explore infrared technology.

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