OSA Educators' Day 2008
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OSA E-Day 2008: Optics in a Fish Tank
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Demonstration of total internal refrection (TIR) using a simple laser, a clear tank, water, and a few drops of milk. (It helps to have something to make steam or dust to m...
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OSA E Day 2008 Bringing Math to Life With Light
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OSA E-Day 2008: Light Pollution
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Demonstration of how light pollution can affect the environment, ecology, astronomy, engineering, and even human health, as well as how light pollution can be reduced by us...
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OSA E-Day 2008: Energy Efficient Light Sources
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Demonstration of solid-state lighting (LED lighting) and compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) and how they conserve energy over incandescent bulbs and last longer. Also a de...
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OSA E-Day 2008: A Simple Spectroscope
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Demonstration of a spectroscope to understand absorption and emission spectra, the Bohr model of the atom, and the discovery of elements. Educators may obtain materials fo...
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OSA E-Day 2008: Optics Suitcase: A Portable Optics Demo Kit
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Demonstration of the "Optics Suitcase," a portable kit for demonstrating optics to students. Consists of modules on diffraction, a polariscope, and selective reflection. ...
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OSA E-Day 2008: Solar Collectors
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Demonstration of photovoltaic silicon solar cells and concentrators, leading-edge solar power technologies. The concentrator that focuses the light is a Fresnel lens, simi...
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OSA E-Day 2008: Solar Cells
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Discussion of Rochester Solar Technologies' photovoltaic solar cell panel business, including federal, state, and NYSERDA tax credits and incentives. Answers the questions...
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OSA E-Day 2008: Liquid Crystal Mood Patch
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Explanation of how liquid crystals work, like in mood rings and mood patches. Demonstration of how to make a mood patch thermometer using overhead transparencies, packing ...
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OSA E-Day 2008: The Greenhouse Effect
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Demonstration of a thermal camera and how the atmosphere can be transparent to visible light but absorb long-wave infrared light (the greenhouse effect).
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About OSA Educators' Day 2008
Teachers: Want to make optics and science come to life for your middle school and high school students? Find great ideas here! Many demonstrations are simple and require common materials. Some demonstration kits are available for free to educators. If you like the videos, pass them along to your kids!
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