Published by Australian Academy of Science
Activities | Communicating with light – fibre optics

1. Optical fibres as 'light pipes'

2. Illustrating the inverse square law of radiation

3. Morse code

Other activities

• Helix (CSIRO, Australia)
  • Fibre optics in the kitchen – demonstrates the properties of optical fibres.

• Newton's Apple (USA)
  • Telecommunications – an activity on optical fibres and an introduction to telecommunications.
  • Satellite technology – an activity on sending and receiving digital images.

• UniServe Science (Australia)
  • An introduction to optics and communication – a series of 16 lesson plans relevant to optics and communication. Also provides an introduction to photonics, and teacher and student notes.
  • Explaining the principles of photonics and optical communications – a series of eight experiments in photonics and communication.