
Light work: Meet the scientists and do optics experiments at home!
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Age suitable for: 7+
Join Southampton scientists and students to find out how you can turn these everyday items into optical equipment and look at light in a variety of different ways.
All you will need is:
a cardboard tube - like a Pringles tin, a kitchen roll or toilet roll
craft knife or scissors
tape
a CD or DVD
two light sources - such as bright sunlight, a tungsten light bulb or a fluorescent bulb
a thick pen or marker
a piece of paper
Your homemade spectroscope will allow you and your family to explore the spectrum of different light sources and see all kinds of rainbows.
There will also be a quiz at the end where you could be in with the chance of winning a small prize - you will need access to a laptop.
Brought to you by the EPSRC's Future Manufacturing Photonics Hub.
The workshop will take place in Blackboard Collaborate.
Suitable for 10 years+ with parental support.
All you will need is:
a cardboard tube - like a Pringles tin, a kitchen roll or toilet roll
craft knife or scissors
tape
a CD or DVD
two light sources - such as bright sunlight, a tungsten light bulb or a fluorescent bulb
a thick pen or marker
a piece of paper
Your homemade spectroscope will allow you and your family to explore the spectrum of different light sources and see all kinds of rainbows.
There will also be a quiz at the end where you could be in with the chance of winning a small prize - you will need access to a laptop.
Brought to you by the EPSRC's Future Manufacturing Photonics Hub.
The workshop will take place in Blackboard Collaborate.
Suitable for 10 years+ with parental support.
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