Position: Former Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Waikato. Field: Optics, optoelectronics. Rainer was born in Germany where he attended high school and university. He ...
Light interacts with biological materials in several different ways. This field of research is known as biophotonics. Associate Professor Rainer Künnemeyer, from the University of Waikato, is ...
Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another. This bending by refraction makes it possible for ...
In this activity, students investigate specular and diffuse reflection by looking into a dark box and shining a torch at various objects, coloured paper and a mirror. By the end of this activity ...
In this activity, students make a pinhole camera and see images formed on an internal screen. They then use a lens and see brighter and sharper images. This models the human eye. By the end of ...
In this activity, students aim spears at a model of a fish in a container of water. When they move their spears towards the fish, they miss! This activity investigates refraction. By the end of ...
Search data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft for the dips in star light intensity caused by exoplanets – planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. As these exoplanets pass between the star and ...
Globe at Night is an international citizen science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen scientists to measure and submit their night sky ...
Loss of the Night is an international citizen science project aiming to quantify the illumination of the night sky caused by artificial light. By monitoring how bright the night sky is over time ...
The hole in the layer is a problem for all New Zealanders because it allows greater levels of potentially harmful UV rays to enter the atmosphere. These rays have been found to increase the risk ...
In this online PD session recorded on 27 August 2015, secondary teacher Steve Chrystall talks about the Science Learning Hub’s light and sight resources and how he used them to teach year 9 and ...
Teacher Melissa Coton incorporated online citizen science project Globe at Night as part of a year 5/6 unit on light. Here, she reflects on what she and her students learned. Inspiration for the ...
By using the example of spearing a fish, Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson, an ophthalmologist from Otago University, explains the principle of refraction. Refraction is as a consequence of ...
Dr Adrian Dorrington, a scientist from the University of Waikato, explains how the brain interprets the images our two eyes receive. The net result is that we experience depth perception. 3D ...
University of Waikato scientist Dr Adrian Dorrington is investigating different applications of 3D cameras. The camera emits light, and the time of flight from camera to object and back again is ...
Use this interactive graphic organiser to help highlight some common alternative conceptions about light and sight. Place each label where you think it belongs. This activity can be done ...
This interactive explores the sequential and interlinking science concepts that underpin knowledge and understanding about light and shadows.
This slideshow, from the webinar Vision 20/20, provides additional support for the webinar video. Use the slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the ...
