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December 2004, Issue #35
Optics is Everywhere
Hands-On Optics (HOO) is a new model for informal science education activities in optics that will:
- Create links from the professional optics community to the informal science education community.
- Provide opportunities for kids to succeed in collaborative learning and problem solving through inquiry-based, hands-on activities, projects and competitions.
- Increase science and technology knowledge for students, and increase awareness of optics as a discipline and career that crosses numerous fields.
HOO offers science, engineering and technology activity modules and competitions:
- Laser and mirror activities
- Building and using kaleidoscopes
- Forming images with lenses and mirrors
- Building a simple refracting telescope
- Ultraviolet fluorescence experiments
- Infrared experiments
- Communicating over a beam of light
For more information on the new Hands-On Optics program please visit us at www.Hands-On-Optics.org or by email at Hands-On-Optics@osa.org.
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