Instructional Video5:30
Curated OER

Physics Lab Demo : Optics Light Box

9th - 12th
Use a light box to experiment with light rays. The teacher uses prisms, convex, and concave lenses to refract light rays. Get your physics class excited about reflection and refraction by showing this video before you have them...
Instructional Video8:58
Curated OER

Optics: Light at Work - Part 1

7th - 12th
Any work with light, lenses, lasers, or mirrors is called optical engineering. Optical engineers bend and bounce light to make it useful for humans. Examples are telescopes, invisibility, nanomedicine, and solar energy. This...
Instructional Video4:17
TED-Ed

The Story Behind Your Glasses

8th - 12th Standards
Get a new view of vision enhancement with this innovative little film. The history of man's use of lenses and the advancement of optic technology is perused with captivating graphic animation and easy-to-follow narration. Incorporate...
Instructional Video6:15
Curated OER

Optics: Light at Work - Part 2

7th - 12th
Second in a series on optics, this video will inspire viewers to consider optical engineering. Several optical engineers are paraded onscreen, sharing a tip about the field or tidbits about how they pursued it. Show this video, along...