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“Project LITE: Light Inquiry Through Experiments” is a software, curriculum and materials development project located in the Science and Mathematics Education Center at Boston University. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education through Grant numbers 9950551, 0125992, and 0715975.
This opening page links to several web sites individually developed as part of
the project.
LITE 1 . This site was developed during the proof-of-concept
phase of Project LITE between 1999 - 2001. It contains JAVA applets, some of
which were designed to be used in conjunction with an associated kit of optical
materials.
LITE Vision for Flash Player 10. This part of the site includes a range of visual effects and illusions. Many of the applets allow the user to explore, manipulate and enhance the phenomena under study.
LITE Vision (old). This part of the LITE site runs under Flash Player 9 or below.
LITE Spectrum Explorer 2.0. This software can be run either
as a JAVA applet over the web or as an application. It allows the user to explore
physical aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum, particularly the emission
and absorption of light.
LITE Spectrum Explorer 3.0 beta. Requires JAVA Web Start.
LITE Inkjet Science.This section of the Project LITE web site contains links to PDF files of objects that can be printed with an inkjet or laser printer and then assembled. Each three dimensional model allows the observer to explore aspects of depth perception that cannot be fully probed using a two dimensional computer screen alone.
LITE iPod and iPhone Apps. Here is a link to the iTunes store where we have posted apps that we have developed about light, color and vision that run on the iPod and on the iPhone.
For further information, comments or suggestions about Project LITE contact:
Professor Kenneth Brecher, Principal Investigator (
telephone 617-353-3423)
Boston University Science and Mathematics Education Center
605 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
© Trustees of Boston University 2010