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Geometrical Optics
N1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PRISMS - SEPARATE AND RECOMBINE
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Separate white light into its component colors with a prism and use an identical prism to recombine the light.
N1-21: COLOR SEPARATION AND RECOMBINATION BY PRISMS
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Show how a prism can recombine previously dispersed white light.
N1-09: COMPLEMENTARY SPECTRUM
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Display the spectrum of a "negative" slit.
N1-08: GOETHE'S PUZZLE
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Show the view of a slide through a prism and argue about color theory.
N1-06: POLYPRISM SPECTRA
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrate continuous spectra with several different types of glass.
N1-03: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - WATER PRISM
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum using water as the dispersing medium.
O1-23: ASTIGMATISM - ON AXIS
Category:
O1 Image Production
Purpose
:
Demonstrate on-axis astigmatism.
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
O1-02: EYE OPTICS MODEL - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Category:
O1 Image Production
Purpose
:
Show inversion of the image on the retina by the eyelens.
L4-22: MIRAGE - LASER AND HOT WIRE
Category:
L4 Refraction
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how an optical mirage is created
E2-21: PHASES OF THE MOON
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Show the relationship between the phases of the moon and the relative earth-sun-moon positions.
L6-10: IMAGE LOCATION WITH TV CAMERA - LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Locate both real and virtual images of a convex lens
H2-11: SOUND LENS
Category:
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose
:
Demonstrate focusing of sound by refraction in a sound lens
L3-21: LIGHT BULB AND PARABOLIC MIRROR
Category:
L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose
:
Optical illusion with real image of a concave mirror
L2-61: MIRROR TILES WITH LIGHT BULB
Category:
L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose
:
Show multiple reflections using two mirrors
L2-24: PARTIALLY SILVERED CYLINDER
Category:
L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose
:
Demonstrate Partially Silvered Surfaces
M5-02: LASER DIFFRACTION - MESHES
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Illustrate two-dimensional diffraction patterns
L1-04: POINT SOURCE - FLASHLIGHT BULB
Category:
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose
:
Demonstrate optical characteristics of a "point source"
L7-16: GALILEOSCOPE
Category:
L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose
:
Demonstrate optics of a telescope
O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Category:
O1 Image Production
Purpose
:
Demonstrates optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects
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