
Glass Activities

International Year of Glass 2022
Celebrating the past, present, and future of this transformative material
More Resources
- HowToSmile collection of hands on glass activities https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/glass
- Corning Museum of Glass learning resources
Hands-on Activities

Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows

Nanoparticle Stained Glass: classroom program

Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)

Exploring Properties - Invisibility

Invisibility Cloak video

Exploring Nano & Society - Invisibility Cloak

Light Activities
Aerogel

Exploring Materials - Nano Gold

Dye Sensitized (Raspberry Juice) Solar Cell

Exploring Materials - Polarizers

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Classroom Version

Exploring Materials - Liquid Crystals

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Cart Version

Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays
Glass Lenses are used in Light Microscopes

Scientific Image - Scientist using a Light Microscope

Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes

Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes

Scientific Image - Scientist Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Scientific Image - Scientist Using a Scanning Electron Microscope

Scientific Image - Scientists Using a Transmission Electron Microscope

Scientific Image - Atomic Force Microscope Illustration
Glass Lenses are used in Binoculars and Telescopes

Exploring the Solar System: Hide and Seek Moon

Exploring the Solar System: Observe the Moon
Scientific Images of Glass

Scientific Image - Glass Nanowire

Scientific Image -Glass Nanowire

Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles

Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles

Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles

Scientific Image - Gold Nanoshells (SEM)

Scientific Image - Gold Nanoshells (optical microscope)

Scientific Image - Photonic Crystal

Scientific Image - Liquid Crystal