This site from the Exploratorium provides an interesting activity for building a "two-way" mirror. Partners sit on opposite sides of the mirror and adjust the illumination until each gradually assumes aspects of the...

This site, hosted by How Stuff Works.com, explains the science behind rainbows, including the bending and refraction of light. Using images and text, the site explains the process step by step, making it very accessible.

Created by art historian Mary Wills and physicist Rebecca Hartzler of Edmonds Community College, this course helps students understand the interconnectedness of art and physics in the early European Renaissance. ...

Created by Tom Henderson of Physics Classroom.com, this item is a chapter in a beginning physics tutorial. The ray nature of light is used to explain how light reflects off both planar and curved surfaces to produce...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of behavior of particles on the nanoscale. Students will learn about exploring the absorption and reflection of light "based...