Optics for Kids [ Profile ] - An overview of the basics of optics, also discusses careers in science and engineering.

	Skytopia - Colour and Light Trivia [ Profile ] - Amusing guide lists various oddities about colour and light. Find trivia on 3D, mirrors, light bulbs, and contradictions about the perception of colour.

	How Does a Pinhole Camera Work? [ Profile ] - Explains the principles behind the pinhole camera.

	How Light Works [ Profile ] - Explains light in terms of photons to explain reflection, refraction and absorption.

	The Reflection and Refraction of Light [ Profile ] - Uses geometry to predict reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, and looks at how speed and wavelength varies with different media.

	Light and Optics: Online Meteorology Guide [ Profile ] - Introduces optical effects resulting from light interaction with air, dust and haze particles, ice crystals and water droplets.

	Light Refraction [ Profile ] - Uses example of sphere on a checkerboard to show how light is refracted.

	The Electromagnetic Spectrum [ Profile ] - From NASA, an overview of the different types of electromagnetic waves.

	Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You [ Profile ] - Timeline, interactive java applets showing various properties of light and lenses, tutorials, and other links for students.

	How we see Colour [ Profile ] - Explains human perception of colour and optical illusions in depth with clear diagrams.

	What Makes an Object Coloured [ Profile ] - Explains principles of reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission to explain how objects are a particular colour.

	Optics 4 Kids [ Profile ] - Tells about the science of light and answers common questions. Also explores careers in optics. From the Optical Society of America.

	MicroWorlds [ Profile ] - An educational tour of current research at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Contains information about the facility research, and teaching modules.

	Science Snacks About Light [ Profile ] - A set of very simple experiments featured by Exploratorium, each one with details on materials, assembly, how can be done, and an explanation of the physical laws involved.

	LightForest: The Holographic Rainforest [ Profile ] - Explains what is an hologram and the physics behind it. Also shows a variety of examples gathered in a virtual exhibition.

	Java Applet [ Profile ] - Java applet exploring reflection and refraction of light beam and laser beam.

	Colorworm Explains Color [ Profile ] - An online book about light and color for all ages. Explains the electromagnetic spectrum, visible light, RGB, CMYK, light, and mixing paint colors. By Pat Ellison.

	Color and Color Vision [ Profile ] - Explains additive and subtractive colour mixing, the mixing of wavelengths, Newton's dispersion of white light to show the colours of the rainbow.