CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Wave Particle Theory
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The wave-particle theory and what a photon is, and evidence that electromagnetic radiation is both a particle and a wave.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Wave Interference
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What wave interference is, constructive and destructive interference and how standing waves occur.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Free Waves
With this article, students can learn about and understand the concept of wave motion.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
In this third part of his series on light and color, Colm Kelleher discusses wave-particle duality and its relationship to how we see light and, therefore, color. [4:23]
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Wavelike Behaviors of Light
In this series of interactive physics tutorials, students will focus on the wavelike nature of light.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Waves Performance Assessment Part 2
Learners will use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. Resources included are videos of the lesson in action, a student worksheet, and an...
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Does Light Travel Through Space and Other Media?
A detailed discussion of the nature of light, how it can travel through a vacuum, and how the speed of light is affected when light travels through a medium.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Young's Experiment
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Two Point Source Interference
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Two Point Source Interference Pattern
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: The Path Difference
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Visible Light and Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How visible light interacts with matter and classifying matter in terms of light.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Visible Light and the Eye's Response
Students learn how the eye responds to visible light, and how that function ultimately allows us to see.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Polarization
Through illustrated practice problems and video clips, students learn about polarization of light.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Thin Film Interference
Students investigate an example of interference that provides further evidence in support of the wavelike behavior of light.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/ Color: Other Two Point Source Interference
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...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Waves: Waves and Wavelike Motion
Here is an introduction to the concept of waves and wavelike motion people experience anywhere and everywhere.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/color: Electromagnetic and Visible Spectra
This illustrated physics tutorial explains the electromagnetic and visible spectra of light using illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color: Color Subtraction
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Light
A video and a short quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary for understanding light energy.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Let's Explore Light: Lesson Plan
Students will use observations and evidence to describe that objects can only be seen if they are illuminated by an external light source or give off their own light. Media is used to supplement student observations and encourage...
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Light and Shadows Quiz
This resource provides information about light and shadows. In addition, there is a short quiz that can be taken.
University of California
Uc Berkeley: How Do You Measure a Light Wavelength?
Cool science site tests your knowledge of light by exploring the question: "How do you measure a light wavelength?" Allows users to test themselves as well as provides additional activities on wavelength and amplitude.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: Direction of Bending
In this interactive physics tutorial about refraction, students investigate the topic of the direction of bending of a light wave.
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