Light and the EM Spectrum

1.	Visualizing EM waves	The EM Spectrum
2.	Listing of the frequencies of different radio bands	Can you get sunburn through glass? Well...

Reflection and Refraction

1.	Interactive reflection activity
2.	Reflection exercises	Answers
3.	Nice refraction simulator and lots of indices of refraction	Another refraction applet Interactive Refraction Activity Wave refraction simulation
4.	Interactive Total Internal Reflection Activity	Fiber Optic LampFiber Optic Bear!
5.	Refracting Lens simulation
6.	Refraction and lens exercises	Answers

Color, Visible Light and Optical Effects

1.	Mixing color squares and color dots	(from "Physics 2000")
2.	Do you have "color-deficiency"? Here's a simple test and an explanation.
3.	Great Illusions	Good Illusions
4.	Descriptions of how mirages form. Look at some Mirages from Finland Even more than you ever wanted to know about green flashes and mirages
5.	Why is the sky blue?	Rainbows: simple                  Multiple                  Build a rainbow
6.	The eye Physiology of the eye Eye problems Bear Vision
	"Four-eyed" fish	The Moken People and underwater vision
7.	Autism & seeing numbers as colors	Daniel Tammet Read an excerpt from his autobiography

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