2026 summerschool

2026

(2026 home page) 2026 Camp Google Drive 2026 Flyer Calendar Application form (Google classroom)
Multimeter cheat sheet Copper tape circuit Potato battery Electrical motor Total internal reflection, Kit Interference: paper strips Measuring the wavelength of light Laser wavelength worksheet Snell's law Snell's law - printable version Optics schedule Physics (optics) simulators Aisha's spectroscope Solar cells House prototype Sunspots Cloud chamber Doppler activity Wind tunnel
Links: How do lasers work Powers of 10, narrated by Philip Morrison
Based on this sketch from Alex, I used Fusion to design the parts, lasercut them out of 1/8" plywood. All the little holes are for 1/8" dowels. Go to Robotic Hand hand_2025d.dxf (fingers shrunk to 90%) fingers_2025d.dxf hand_washers.dxf
Inventory of 18 Feb 2026 The location of each box is noted by the triple: · Wall (East,South, or West · Side of the wall: Leftor Right (when facing that wall), · Level up from the bottom 1 ziplock bags EL2 2 fiber optic bottles WR0 3 multi-meters and tachometers EL1 4 pens and books 5 blue-yellow fluid ? foldascope WR3 6 black tool boxes 7 misc. bin, 39 bug soldering kits SR 8 black tool boxes 9 empty solar boxes, solar kit buzzer panel, fans-and-motors, big white water motors, big LEDS 10 solar kits empty boxes, hoses 11 light meters for solar kits 12 dorm items 13 saws, tape measures 14 soil test kits, cups, straws 15 tool boxes (also see49,91) (16) small tool ziplocks 17 napkins WR4 19 computer mice, safety glasses WR2 20 atom kits (also see 82) EL3 more atom stuf in 3 boxes WR5 21 misc: doppler, clothes pins WR4 22 pens and tape, 6 empty boxes WR0 23 solar kits (empty boxes?), other solar stuff? 24 paint WL2 25 wind tunnel (big box) S wall 26 snap circuit kits WR5 27 FM radio WR5 28 Sectro kits 29 FM radio WR5 31 blue "Los Alamos" bags (4), green, purple "..girls" (3) blue "logo only" (17) WR5 32 FM radio, snap circuits 33 extension cords EL5 34 art supplies, cardboard, note cards and envelopes WR2 35 solar kits empty boxes, hoses 36 magnets, compass, filing, wire coils EL3 36 notebooks, 21 note books WR0 (37) prizes 38 hand kits EL4 39 misc: solder kits, motor kits ... 40 Eudax E&M kits 40 wind tunnel fans (big box) S wall 41 cloud chambers ER5 42 office stuff (43) bags 44 ripple tanks ER5 45 ripple tanks 46 ripple tanks EL3 46 Beads, Powder OR AI matchboxes? 47 CDs, CDR toilet paper rolls,black cardstock WR4 48 33 name bags, 25 notebooks camp blue 49 empty solar boxes, alligator clips, battery clips, big LEDs 50 cups and plates WR5 (51) solar kits 52 pendulum wave kits WR5 53 mitre boxes and saws WL2 54 Ohana craft, cloth, small box WR5 54 55 Eudax E&M kits 56 empty? WL4 56 (57) solar activity 58 safety glasses WR3 59 knife switches, motors, old pi-top fans, memory cards SR3 60 lasers ER1 60 61 62 potato battery EL4 63 glue guns, scissors etc SL 64 solder (65) coping saws 66 liquid xtal main WR3 67 empty? WR5 68 solder mats 40 EL2 69 swag ER6 70 bread board leads, alligators WL3 80 soldering irons WR3 81 decorating stuff, big scissors, Women in Science cards 81 tissue, paint, craft EL1 82 gloves (tape measures?) WR4 83 books 84 small tools, glue bottles, tape EL1 85 multimeters 85 solder supplies WL3 86 purple (logo only) bags (105) 87 paper towels WL5 (88) napkins (89) physics pro kits 90 physics pro kits WL3 91 N3B swag, neutral Tshirts SR1 (92) dorm stuff (93,4,5) EM kits (95) hand, servos, misc 96 copper tape, clips, clothes pins, index cards, copper wire, potato battery pins, black hand foam WR2 101 bags, folders, misc. SR 102 misc 10 year ago coffee pot WR top Unnumbered box: paint Big Blue bin: N3B swag	Map of 18 Feb 2026 Bins not seen: 16 37 43 51 57 65 88 89 92 93 94 95 Seen twice: 40 46 54 56 60 [62] Joan has all the Elegoo kits, and pale-blue electrical copper tape activity kits, and LOTS of wires, resistors, alligators, LEDS at her house. Hubert has batteries at home (AA,AAA, 9V, 232 pills) potato battery kits, 20 voltmeters, 3 light meters bins 38, 62 Yevgenya has bin 26, snap circuits (3 kits)
Boxes on the optics shelves: I numbered them (faint purple) [Needs to be updated, renumbered] 1 - prisms, calcite crystals 2 - orange laser,meters, xenon bulbs 3 - spectral tubes 4 - wave generator, strobe 5 - filter plastics, mats, sensitized paper 6 - crook's tube, water tanks 7 - diff gratings, UV lights, IR thermometer, rocks 8 - (cardboard) box of power strips 9 - solar car, invisible ink, hologram kit 10 - feet, milk powder, rainbow glasses 11 - drinking glasses 12 - lanyards etc
What goes into the blue shared electronics box? batteries (1x9V, 2xAA, 3xAAA, 1x2023) 9V battery connectors (1 with clips, one without) 5 alligator clip leads set of Cu,Al,Fe,ZN pins 4 LEDs, 4 colors 1 1000 Ohm resistor 1 knife switch small amt of copper tape index card with clip paperclip potato battery worksheet
OPTICS optics lesson plan 2025 From here: about halfway down (Wed June 8) Plan Laser safety (Adriana) intro to light as particle and/or wave (Crookes radiometer) taking light apart and putting it back together: - make rainbows (flashlight, glass of water, prism) - diffraction slides (slides from box, CD?) - combining colors colored flashlights (add batteries), white screen waves and interference demo (Hubert) part 3 of link redshifts talk/activity (Greg) Link doppler activity (Hubert) Link spectroscope (Asia) measuring the wavelength of your laser (activity) Link total internal reflection (activity) Link Snell's law (activity) Link From Laurie's notes: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Optics 12:15 to 12:30 Lasers and Laser Pointer Safety Adriana 12:30 to 1:00 The wave nature of light Laurie Ask “What is light?” (Energy – ability to do work – what is work, move stuff heat & push around) Demo with Crooke’s Radiometer Show video of solar car Particle vs wave Definitions, wavelength, constructive/destructive interference Hubert’s strips Online ‘Ripple Tank’ EM chart measure UV and IR with the laser meter and rainbow What part of the chart do you work with? Interference patterns – laser with diffraction grating Demo Interference pattern – cloth (Priscila Rosa did the hair measurement Tuesday) 1:00 to 1:30 Taking Light Apart and Putting it Back Together Laurie Discuss rainbows – demo with glass of water Make rainbows with triangular prism, collimator, and flashlight Make rainbows with diffraction grating and flashlight Demo how different colors bend differently (with lasers) time??? Combine colors and make white with colored flashlights Talk about absorption of light Also use colored flashlights with prisms Discuss the Dress “Step into the Rainbow” while playing with prisms 1:30 to 1:45 Break 1:45 to 2:15 Reflection and Refraction and Absorption and Scattering Demo reflection/refraction with laser refraction tank Laurie or someone? Total Internal Reflection (light guides, waterfall) Hubert Introduce 5-laser/prism boxes, look at focal length, etc. Index of Refraction Grow spheres in water Laurie Snell’s Law calculation Hubert Laser Microscope with dirty water Laurie Sky is blue tank (get the eggs) Laurie 2:15 to 2:45 Spectroscopy Infrared and UV examples Demo with IR/iPhone camera, UV Look at Various objects with UV lights RSpec Explorer with gas tubes and light tower Show spectroscope examples Use the spectroscopes they made as Tuesday night’s homework Fluorescence and phosphorescence demos Invisible ink pens and phosphorescent paper, write with blue laser ==================================================================

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