SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. SPIE provides these resources for educators to introduce the fascinating and rapidly expanding fields of...

Dr. Thomas Chasteen at Sam Houston State University created this compilation of sites and texts related to chemiluminescence, a process where "energy in the form of light is released from matter because of a chemical...

Provided by the Illinois Institute of Technology, this resource is a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons for instructors of introductory physics courses. The lessons, which may be copied freely for classroom...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of wave properties. Students will learn how light waves interact with matter. The activity is "analogous to light traveling...