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Lab Kits and Manuals


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Light and Optics Exploration Kit​ - $100

Description
A versatile, low-cost kit that contains all the tools and materials necessary to introduce the fundamentals of lasers and fiber optics to students. A total of 15 demonstrations can be conducted by utilizing the Light and Optics Exploration Demonstration Lesson Plans.

Educational level and use
It is most commonly used in middle and high school STEM classrooms, but it is also suitable at the college level. It can also be used in K-12 camps and outreach activities.
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Light and Optics Exploration Demonstration Lesson Plans | Instructor Edition - $45

Description
A step-by-step instructional book that assists teachers in introducing the applied sciences of lasers and optics to their STEM classes. These lesson plans accompany the Light and Optics Exploration Kit. 

Available resources
Teacher’s PowerPoint of supplementary images

Educational level and use
It is most commonly used in middle and high school STEM classrooms, but it is also suitable at the college level. It can also be used in K-12 camps and outreach activities.
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​Light and Optics Exploration Demonstration Lesson Plans | Student Edition - $45

Description
A student version of the Lesson Plans that was developed for students to use as a workbook to reinforce the concepts learned during the demonstrations. 

Available resources
Teacher’s PowerPoint of supplementary images

Educational level and use
It is most commonly used in middle and high school STEM classrooms, but it is also suitable at the college level. It can also be used in K-12 camps and outreach activities.

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Light and Optics Experiment Kit -  $100

​Description
The contents inside of this kit can be used to conduct over 18 experiments in the areas of geometric optics, wave optics, and laser basics.  Included in this kit is the Light and Optics Experiment Book which covers a total of 23 experiments.

Educational level and use
It is recommended that this kit be used in high school physics courses, CTE STEM academies, colleges, and vocational schools.
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 Light and Optics Experiment Lab Manual | Instructor Edition - $45

Description
The Light and Optics Experiment Book includes 23 experiments that guide students in the exploration of the fundamentals of geometrical and wave optics, lasers, laser safety, optical alignment, and experimental data analysis. 

ISBN: 978-0-9984824-0-8

Suggested educational level and use
High School Physics, AP, or Honor Physics courses
CTE STEM Academies
Colleges and Vocational Schools with introductory Photonics/Lasers courses
Colleges or Universities teaching Physics to non-physics majors.
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​ Light and Optics Experiment Lab Manual | Student Edition - $45

Description
A student version of the Experiment Book that was developed for students as a workbook to reinforce the concepts learned during the experiments within this book. 

Suggested educational level and use
High School Physics, AP, or Honor Physics courses
CTE STEM Academies
Colleges and Vocational Schools with introductory Photonics/Lasers courses
Colleges or Universities teaching Physics to non-physics majors.
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​Light & Optics Exploration Kit (No Book) - $55

Description
A versatile, low-cost kit that contains all the tools and materials necessary to introduce the fundamentals of lasers and fiber optics to students. This kit is ideal when purchasing large quantities for classroom use to reduce costs.

Educational level and use
It is most commonly used in middle and high school STEM classrooms, but it is also suitable at the college level. It can also be used in K-12 camps and outreach activities.
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Indian Hills Community College Photonics Kit - $3,500

Description
The kit includes Industry/professional grade laser and optical components to complete 30 laboratories.

Educational level and use
This kit and the labs are designed for high school and college level education or industry training.
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​Laser-Enabled Security System - $75

Description
A kit that allows students to build their own laser-enabled security system. It includes two mirrors, one red laser, one photo sensor equipped with an alarm, and one treasure figurine. It provides a tangible example of a laser application.

Available resources
A How-to-use instructional video, available on LASER-TEC YouTube.

Educational level and use
This kit is designed for the K-12 level and can be used in classroom activities and outreach events. It can improve students’ abilities to problem-solve and troubleshoot while enhancing soft skills, too.
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Introduction to Lasers and Optics

Description
This course provides entering students with an overview of laser and optics technology and its applications. This 15-module course requires no prerequisites and can be taught for one or two-credits in the first term.

Recommended Grade Level: College – 1st year
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Photonics Lab Manual for High Schools

Description
Designed to accompany Fundamentals of Light and Lasers, this Laboratory Manual was written to provide high schools a less expensive option for offering the Fundamentals of Light and Lasers course. It provides a wide variety of experiments that give students a hands-on approach to learning basic photonics concepts. Through these experiments, students sharpen their skills in making precise measurements and in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data. They have the opportunity to use optical components and equipment similar to those used in industry and science laboratories. The labs in this manual are supported by a much less expensive set of equipment than those in the text of Fundamentals of Light and Lasers. Though the equipment is less expensive, it still allows students to investigate the same physical concepts as those in the text and do so at the same level of rigor.

Recommended Grade Level: High school

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​Green Laser Pointer with IR Filter - $25

​Description
A green (532 nm) laser pointer with an infrared filter that reduces the IR power output to eye-safe levels.
 
Available resources
Laser safety manual

Educational level and use
It can be used as a pointer at all educational levels.  It is also used a laser source in the Light and Optics Exploration kits.
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