sun_sm.jpg (1466 bytes) Introduction to
Solar Observing
Course Overview Course Syllabus Course Schedule
Index of Course Sessions

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Session 1 Resource List

 

The following is a list of web sites that give additional information on the topics covered in the first session.
Isaac Newton
Life History:  http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html
Virtual Museum:  http://www.newton.org.uk/
Interactive Illustration of Dual Prism Experiment:   http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/newton/
Electromagnetic Radiation
Physics Course Notes: http://www.physics.gmu.edu/classinfo/astr103/CourseNotes/Html/Lec03/Lec03_pt1_radiationEMWaves.htm
Light Measurement Handbook:  http://www.intl-light.com/handbook/index.html
Interactive Java Tutorial:  http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electromagnetic/index.html
Physics 2000 Interactive Java Applets:  http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electromagnetic/index.html
Refraction
Mathematical Description of Snell's Law: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/refrn/u14l2b.html
Refraction Interactive Java Applet: http://wigner.byu.edu/LightRefract/LightRefract.html
Snells Law Java Applet : http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/ncce/UT_CC/Sec.2.8/Sec.2.8.html
Dispersion
Interactive Dispersion Java Applet:  http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~teb/optics/java/dispslab/
Diffraction
Interactive Diffraction Java Applet:  http://www.physics.otago.ac.nz/Physics100/simulations/Gamelan/java/slitdiffr/index.html
Diffraction Gratings
Diffraction Calculator: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/gratcal.html
Grating Spectrometer Construction:  http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/outreach/resources/ysi95/grate.html
Rainbows
Explanation of Rainbows: http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/rainbow.htm
Rainbows and Snell's Law: http://www.phys.univ.kiev.ua/york/school/snell5.html
Spectra
Excitation of Electron Java Applet:   http://www.physics.otago.ac.nz/Physics100/simulations/Gamelan/java/atomphoton/index.html
University of Illinois Spectra Page:  http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/spectra.html
Spectroscopy
Electro-Magnetic Radiation and Spectroscopy:   http://www.ess.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST101/spectra.html
Make a CD Spectroscope:   http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/CD_Spectroscope.html
Building a Spectroscope:   http://gpl.pss.fit.edu/workshop/spec1.html
Spectroscopy Java Applet:   http://mo-www.harvard.edu/Java/MiniSpectroscopy.html\
Spectroscopy Java Applet:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/info/resources/mashel/MASHEL.html
Purchasing Resources for Prisms, Gratings, Lenses, misc.
Edmund Scientific: http://www.edmundscientific.com/Products/BrowseCategory.cfm?catid=109
Omni Optical:  http://www.omni-optical.com/
Rainbow Optics (Spectroscope):  http://www.astrovid.com/STARSPEC.HTM
Virtual Spectroscope Software:  http://webassign.net/pasnew/virtual_spectroscope/virtual_spectroscope.html
General References
Light and Matter Physics Textbooks Online:  http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1.html
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com
Space Science Group: http://www.spacesciencegroup.nsula.edu/
Related Activities
Determining the Angle of Refraction:   http://nebula.physics.uakron.edu/~light/refraction/refraction_of_light/refraction_of_light.htm
Arizona State University Light and Optics Activities:   http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/act/activities.shtml
Virtual Labs in Light and Optics:   http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/color.htm
Astronomy Tutorials:   http://www.kramer.com/~wcac/Tutorials/tutorials_index.htm

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