Geometrical Optics
N1-44: OPTICAL BOARD - RAINBOW
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates internal reflection and dispersion of light
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located
L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-14: LASER AND PLEXIGLASS TUBE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection of a laser beam in a water jet
L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what wesee in a fluid bath
L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows types of images from a concave mirror
L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows the image from a convex mirror
L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Plane-mirror magic trick
L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Investigation of the nature of images from a plane mirror