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Rainbows, Mirages and Talking Over Glass
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In this single-shot enrichment club students will SEE rainbows, mirages and other optical phenomena of the lower atmosphere and be entertained as well with colorful stories and explanations. Simple "ray diagrams"with a minimal of physics.
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
Beginner Level
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
This is a single 1 hour Enrichment Club experience. Rainbows and mirages are a colorful and color-filled way to demonstrate phenomena caused by the refraction of light. They are a great way to introduce young audiences to optical fiber technology that has allowed for the data revolution we now live in or with. The only physics needed is the appreciation of simple ray diagrams; no math used. Before science explained what was going on "people" looked elsewhere for explanations when they...
Students will learn how the refraction of light causes the phenomena in the lower atmosphere and how the same exact light bending allows for laser and LED light pulses to travel through glass enabling today's data revolution. And along the way be entertained and visually engaged. Lots of stories accompany the images . From Jesus walking on water to Admiral Peary and the race to the north pole.
I was a distinguished member of the technical staff at Bell Labs, the R&D arm of the Bell System. This presentation is the direct result of handcrafting a "Speaker's Bureau" dog and pony show I gave all over the country to organizations as young as Boy Scouts to as old as Assisted Living Complexes when requests for speakers came to the Bell System from community organizations. I got really good at the "be entertaining" mandate. Nothing puts a n audience to sleep like math and physics.
Big Viewing Screen. This is an image-rich hour.
The photography is all real. No digital technology modifications. My story telling is mixture of historical facts, stretching of truths, personal insights and shared experiences.
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Hands On Science and Math are my specialty. I worked as a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs; the R&D arm of the once Bell Telephone System. After retiring early from Bell Labs I pursued my interest in becoming an elementary...
Group Class
$10
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
8-18 learners per class
