Light and Optics

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Title Call Number
Day light, night light: where light comes from 535 BRA
Lasers 621.36 MCK
Lasers and Holograms 621.26 BAR
Light 535 OLI
Light action! Amazing experiments with Optics 535 COB
Light and Darkness 535 BRA
Making light work: The science of Optics 535 DAR
The Science Book of Light 535 ARD
Science projects about Light 535 GAR
Shadows and Reflections 779.092 HOB
What makes a Shadow? 535 BUL

 

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The Science of Light
How Light Works
Optics for Kids (Optical Research Associates)
Optics for Kids (games)
Physics of Light and Color (activities and Information)
Bob Miller's Light walk
Light and Optics activities
Light and Optics
The causes of color
The characteristics of light
Exploratorium experiments with light
Holography for kids
Mirrors, lenses and eyes
Light and Optics
Questions about light and online search for answers.
Light refraction
Student created PowerPoint about light
Light and Sound links
Make a splash with color
Science, Optics and You (Activities)
Reflection and refraction
Refraction (activity)
Pictures from light (experiment)
Virtual lab and simulations about light (activity)
BBC School. Reflection, refraction, diffraction
BBC School. How we see things. (activity)
BBC School. Light and dark. K-2 (activity)
BBC School. Light and shadows. (activity)
Exploratorium experiments with reflection
Exploratorium experiments with refraction
Exploratorium experiments with waves
Making waves (activity)
Reflection, refraction and Diffraction
Reflection and refraction defined
See what light is made of (experiment)
Reflection, refraction and diffraction illustrated

 

Videos available in RISD only
Exploring Light and Color (30:21)
Light and Color (K-2) (15:00)
Light and Color: Living Color (15:00)
Optics and Lenses (15:00)
How Light and Color work (28:30)
Out of the darkness: An introduction to light (23:00)
Physical Science: Light (20:00)
Refraction: The fact of light (15:00)

 

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