Middle School Optics Education: Hitting the Target or Impedance Mismatch?

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #43.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V

Physics

Optics

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Traditionally, optics has been taught to upper-level students. Where can optics-related education topics best be used in the pre-high school curriculum? Is optics better introduced in an informal or formal education setting? What can be done about educator content knowledge, or lack thereof? What is the proper use of inquiry-oriented and investigatory activities? How can optics industry volunteers play an educational role?
This talk describes the educational design and programmatic decisions made by the Hands-On Optics (HOO) project in an attempt to address these questions. HOO is a collaborative 4-year program to create and sustain a unique, national, informal science education program to excite students about science by actively engaging them in optics activities. HOO grew from a series of regional planning workshops and a planning grant investigating these questions. The project partners are SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO).
The Hands-On Optics program has developed a series of six educational modules with full classroom-ready kits covering a variety of topics. These standards-based activities and demonstrations have been successfully used in a variety of settings including after-school clubs, science centers, and Boys and Girls Clubs. HOO content covers the concepts of reflection, image formation, polarization, ultraviolet and infrared light, and communication on a laser beam.
Funding is by the NSF ISE program. Project PI is Anthony M. Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County.

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