Light, Lasers, and Optics Educational Lessons

Absorption and Transmission of Light (With Gummy Bears)

Absorption and Transmission of Light (With Gumm...

Gummy Bears and lasers come together in this fascinating question, “What happens when you shine green light on a red gummy bear, or red light on a green gummy bear”?...

Absorption and Transmission of Light (With Gumm...

Gummy Bears and lasers come together in this fascinating question, “What happens when you shine green light on a red gummy bear, or red light on a green gummy bear”?...

Invisibility for Muggles!

Invisibility for Muggles!

Recent advances have brought us closer than ever to mastering one of the holy grails of science: invisibility. With an Invisibility Kit and this hands-on STEM activity uses a simple...

Invisibility for Muggles!

Recent advances have brought us closer than ever to mastering one of the holy grails of science: invisibility. With an Invisibility Kit and this hands-on STEM activity uses a simple...

DIY microscope using smart phone camera

DIY Smart Phone Microscope

This is an astonishingly simple and inexpensive way to build a microscope that allows students to capture digital images of the world just beneath the surface. This project was originally...

DIY Smart Phone Microscope

This is an astonishingly simple and inexpensive way to build a microscope that allows students to capture digital images of the world just beneath the surface. This project was originally...

Bake Fluorescent Cupcakes!

Bake Fluorescent Cupcakes!

Amazingly enough, these fluorescent cupcakes are 100% edible! Thanks to the quinine in tonic water, we have a no fail recipe that you and your students can follow to make...

Bake Fluorescent Cupcakes!

Amazingly enough, these fluorescent cupcakes are 100% edible! Thanks to the quinine in tonic water, we have a no fail recipe that you and your students can follow to make...

hologram reflection experiment

Virtual Reflections with Pepper’s Ghost

Produce virtual images that look an awful lot like Holograms! The phenomenon is based on a theater trick from the 18th century that’s named after the man who made them...

Virtual Reflections with Pepper’s Ghost

Produce virtual images that look an awful lot like Holograms! The phenomenon is based on a theater trick from the 18th century that’s named after the man who made them...