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Photonics
Resources, Classroom Activities, Assessment Ideas, IT Applications
Material from recent Physics Teachers Conferences
The workshop presented by Craig Anderson and Mark McPherson from Leongatha Secondary College demonstrated the following activities.Type | Filename | Filesize | |
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The program for the workshop for VCE Physics Students with the list of practical activities. Also included are the worksheets for the activities. The document is 19 pages. | |||
Photonics Workshop
The AIP Education Committee has organised workshops for students doing the Unit 4 Detailed Studies: “Photonics” in late August for the last few years. The workshop runs from about 3:00pm until 7:30pm. The 2010 Photonics workshop was held at the Bundoora campus of La Trobe University. The program for the workshop included lectures and extensive hands on practical activities. For more details of the program and the activities, see the document under 'Classroom Activities' below. A pizza dinner was provided. There was no cost.
It has not yet been decided whether and in what form the event will be held in 2011.
Resources
Text Resources
- Crisp, J 1996, Intro to Fibre Optics, Newnes.
- Science Foundation for Physics, The University of Sydney 1997, Light, The Tandem Group, Sydney.
- Science Foundation for Physics, The University of Sydney 2001, Impact Science, The Tandem Group, Sydney.
Audiovisual Resources
It is recommended that teachers should view any video before purchase.
- VEA: Photonics
Powerpoint presentation from the Oration at the 2002 Physics Teachers Conference
Photonics- Light waves for communication, new wave in education, Dr Andrew Stevenson, Photonics Institute
Dr Stevenson's powerpoint presentation has been broken up into 10 files for easy downloading. They range from 1 to 3 meg in size. There is additional text behind each slide which can be seen in "Notes page view".
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Powerpoint presentation from the Photonics Workshop, 2010
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A PowerPoint presentation on Photonics and Optical Fibres by Prof Laurence Cahill, La Trobe University. The presentation was part of the workshop for VCE students held at the end of Term 3, 2010. | |||
Classroom Activities
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The program for the workshop for VCE Physics Students with the list of practical activities. Also included are the worksheets for the activities. The document is 19 pages. | |||
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A 6 page Word file (129kB) of commercially available kits and classroom demonstrations, quantitative experiments and projects compiled by Dr Andrew Stevenson of the Photonics Institute. | |||
Photonics kit
A Photonics kit is available from Ciderhouse.
Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Lasers in secondary schools (1995).
An ARPANSA pdf file of 48 pages covering classification of laser devices, rstrictions on equipment used, Hazards in the use of lasers, General administrative requirements, General working rules, Class 1 lasers: Requirements for operation, Class 2 and 3A lasers: Requirements for safe operation, Optical fibres: Requirements for safe operation, Glossary and Appendices.
IT Applications
Useful Websites
Semiconductor Educational applets
The web site Semiconductor Educational applets has an extensive range of applets covering many aspects of photonics. The applets have a tertiary emphasis but the basic ones are instructive and and they are all professional constructed.
Artificial Retina Project
The project is a collaborative, multi-institutional effort to develop an implantable microelectronic retinal device that restores useful vision to people blinded by retinal diseases. The website contains a description of how the artificial retina works. There is a video available and links to PBS Scientific American Frontiers which contains audio and video material as well as transcripts.
History of the Laser
Several pages of information including text, interviews and photos.