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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

The Sun: A Light of Many Colors: Index

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