Lessons learned from student outreach: introducing optics to fifth graders

Nancy Magnani; Matthew Donnelly; Gregory Mahan; Tiffany Rossi

doi:10.1117/12.929258

15 October 2012 Lessons learned from student outreach: introducing optics to fifth graders

Nancy Magnani, Matthew Donnelly, Gregory Mahan, Tiffany Rossi

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Proceedings Volume 8481, Optics Education and Outreach II; 84810I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929258
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Though light and vision has been included in the Connecticut science standards for several years, teachers continue to look for new ways of teaching these concepts effectively. The students from the Three Rivers Community College SPIE and OSA student chapters have partnered with EASTCONN, a regional education service center, to bring optics lessons to the classroom. In this paper, the lessons that were demonstrated including spectroscopy, refraction, and reflection will be explained. With anecdotes from the student chapter members, fifth grade students and their teachers, the effectiveness of these lessons and steps to improve them will be presented.

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Nancy Magnani, Matthew Donnelly, Gregory Mahan, and Tiffany Rossi "Lessons learned from student outreach: introducing optics to fifth graders", Proc. SPIE 8481, Optics Education and Outreach II, 84810I (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929258

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