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Light Lenses Lasers Careers Resources for Teachers and Parents

Hi, kids! Learn some fun and interesting things about OPTICS here. Optics is the science of LIGHT, and one of the most important fields of PHYSICS.

Also, who are scientists and engineers? How do they see light? With their eyes? Yes, actually - but in other ways, too.

Click on the topics to the right to start learning!

 

Parents and Teachers: Please note also that we do not sell lenses or other optical "hardware" for experiments.  See our list of resources.

Some activities may require Macromedia Flash, Java, or Adobe Reader (to read PDFs) to work.

What is light?
What are lenses?
What are lasers?
Learn about careers
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