Omega Optical Teacher's Day - Photonics & Filtering Light
Brattleboro, Vermont
Spring 2013 9:30-3:00
Omega Optical uses evaporated thin film coatings on glass to create optical interference filters. Omega Optical embraces a vision that goes beyond designing and fabricating state-of-the-art thin film filters with an R&D group to integrate custom filters into advanced products. Teachers will see how filters are manufactured, tested and applied in energy, biomedical analysis and astronomy in a plant tour of the Omega Delta Campus facility. Then they will learn about topics relating to photonics and light using activities included as part of the Omega Photonics Kit for teachers. Familiarity with the kit is gained when teachers use the kit to answer their own questions about light.
Agenda 9:00-3:00
9:00-9:30 Welcome - About Omega Optical
9:30-10:30 Technical Overview presentation with demos and on-line & media connections
Questions:
10:30-11:30 Photonics Kit Selected Activity 1
How can you use this in your curriculum?
11:30-12:00 BYO Lunch
12:00-1:00 Facility Tour emphasizing applications & innovations the products & purposes of light and filters, what your scientists and engineers actually do at the company.
1:00-2:00 Photonics Kit Selected Activity 2
How can you use this in your curriculum?
2:00-2:20 The Value of Inquiry Projects & Science Fair
2:20-3:00 Inquiry Activities with the Phtotonics Kit
How can you use this in your curriculum?
Ideas for inquiry projects
Questions you still have
suggestions for improving the workshop
References
Science Standard 28 (Light) S3-4:28 through S9-12:28
Grades 3-4 (S3-4:28)
Students demonstrate their understanding of Light Energy by…
Science Concepts:
a. Light maintains direction of motion until it interacts with another object.
b. Light can be reflected or absorbed.
Grades 5-6 (S5-6:28) Students demonstrate their understanding of Light Energy by…
Science Concepts:
a. Light travels from an energy source (such as the sun) in straight lines.
b. When light hits an object, it is absorbed, reflected, transmitted or some combination
c. Objects can be seen only when light waves are emitted from or reflected off the object and enter into the eye.
Grades 7-8 (S7-8:28) Students demonstrate their understanding of Light Energy by…
Science Concepts:
a. Light is a form of radiant energy.
b. Transmitted light can be refracted (change in direction of the light) when it passes from one media into another.
c. Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Visible (white) light is made up of the colored light waves of the visible spectrum.
Grades 9-12 (S9-12:28)
Students demonstrate their understanding of Light Energy by…
Science Concepts:
a. Mechanical waves are periodic disturbances of matter.
b. Accelerating electrical charges produce electromagnetic waves around them. Some of these appear as radiation (e.g. radio waves, microwaves radiant heat, visible light, ultra-violet rays, and x-rays).