ICT Center Video: The Index of Refraction and Snell's Law

A few years ago, former ICT Center Co-Principal Investigator Jim Downing received a project grant from the National Science Foundation to create a series of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) hands-on videos. John Reynolds our ICT Center New Media Designer is in the process of converting these videos and posting them on our ICT Center YouTube Channel. Here's the first 8 minute and 37 second video explaining Snell's Law and demonstrating how to measure the index of refraction of a material using some simple optical equipment.

Watch this blog and our ICT Center YouTube Channel for more from this video series.

Physics and My Blog in the Tampa Tribune

Blogjam cartoonist Greg Williams, who works for The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com, has taken a blog I wrote titled A Helicopter Parent at 30,000 Feet and produced it as a comic. Greg does some fun stuff with content based on contributions from readers, bloggers, and established writers and performers.

Here's the comic - you can click the image to see a high resolution version:
The online version is linked here and there's also a direct link. The comic will appear in print today in the entertainment section of Tampa Tribune.

THANKS GREG!