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This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the fourth of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses properties of light. After viewing this lecture, viewers will be able to: understand the nature of optical materials...

In this lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, students will "explore how energy exchanges lead to solid-state phase changes at the macroscale and explore the applications of this nanotechnology." Additionally, students will have the opportunity to examine "various...

Module Description: This module, created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link), introduces students to the "... technologies that use forces and interactions at the nanoscale to treat water." In this module, students will learn about how the dominant forces that affect...

This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the first of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses the nature and basic properties of light. An overview of frequency, wavelength, speed, refraction, and index of...

Toolkit Description:  This NET-225 Nuclear Physics course is from the RCNET Comprehensive Teaching Toolkit: Fundamentals, and is drawn from curriculum taught in the Nuclear Systems Technology program at Midlands Technical College. The program is designed to train nuclear systems technicians to work...

This 298-page Newtonian Physics textbook was created by Benjamin Crowell and is the first book in the Light and Matter series of free introductory physics textbooks. This textbook includes the following chapters: Introduction and Review, Scaling and Order-of-Magnitude Estimates, Motion in One...

This website, provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, includes links to additional resources about fundamental physical constants. Resources include Values of Fundamental Physical Constants, Searchable Bibliography of Fundamental Constants, International System of Units (SI),...

This simulation of Ohm's Law is from the Physics Education Technology website of the University of Colorado. Included are links to related topics and additional ideas and activities for teachers to use. See how the equation form of Ohm's law relates to a simple circuit. Adjust the voltage and...

This website provides a variety of quick-reference resources pertaining to Ohm's/Watts law, wire gauge sizes, resistor color code, and calculators that automatically provide answers when numerical values are entered. As it is explained on the site, "Ohm's law (named after the German physicist Georg...

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. This lab explores optical alignment techniques. Equipment includes a laser diode module, laser holder, target card, blue filter, two lens holders, and alignment cards. The video recording runs 10:41 minutes in length.