EDay a Green Day

Andrew J. Berger

Last year, secondary school teachers and administrators from throughout the Rochester area learned how to incorporate optics into simple experiments, activities and lesson plans at OSA’s annual Educators’ Day. The 2008 event had a special focus on the role of optics in the environment.

imageSteve Ouriel from Go Green LED International, U.S.A., demonstrates industrial light fixtures that use LED arrays instead of fluorescent tubes.

For more than two decades, OSA has hosted its annual Educators’ Day (EDay) in conjunction with its annual meeting. EDay 2008 was held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on the last afternoon and evening of OSA’s annual meeting. The event is intended to equip teachers with materials and information about optics that they can take back to their schools.

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