Exploring Optics
A hands-on curriculum that teaches about light waves and their associated technical applications.
Mission of the project
This website is designed to support 8th grade science teachers in developing curricular ideas for AR State Education Standards.
This website, its contents, and the hardware kit would not have been possible without the generous funding from SPIE. We thank SPIE for providing the grant funding for this project. Additional support has been provided by Arkansas Tech University (ATU). We also want to provide thanks to ATU.
Exploring optics_booklet_7_13_Print.pdfDigital PDF of Booklet
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Workshop Material and Assessments
This page contains links to the video lectures that are part of the curriculum. Following each series of videos is an assessment.
Supplemental Resources
This section contains additional information or ideas for the hardware kit as well as links to external websites that may provide additional teaching assistance.
Booklet Errata
Check this out for a list of found errors in the book as well as corrections.
Resource List
A listing of parts and components that are included in the hardware kit so the experiments maybe replicated.
Introduction and Safety Information
Find important safety information here.
Special Acknowledgements and Additional Activities!
This section of the website is devoted to those who provided and have continued to provide great assistance to our project. We also provide here additional ideas that have been generated as individuals work with the kits. We thank each and everyone of them!