Geometrical Optics
L2-21: OPTICAL BOARD - HALF-SILVERED MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Illustrate a half-silvered mirror.
L2-07: PERVERTED IMAGE - LIGHT
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrate that a plane mirror does not produce a left-to-right inversion.
L2-04: VIRTUAL IMAGE DETECTOR - PLANE MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Show the nature of a virtual image.
L2-03: MICROWAVES - REFLECTION
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrate that microwaves undergo specular reflection.
L2-02: OPTICAL BOARD - RAY DIAGRAM - PLANE MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrate how several light rays are used to locate the image in a plane mirror.
L1-33: LASER BEAM EXPANDERS
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Expand a laser beam to uniform 10mm or 40mm diameter.
L1-23: PINHOLE VIDEO CAMERA
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Produce video images with a pinhole camera.
L1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PINHOLE CAMERA
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a pinhole "image" is formed.
L1-21: PINHOLE IMAGE - GROUND GLASS SCREEN
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
View individually a pinhole "image."
L1-12: INVERSE SQUARE LAW - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR AND TWO-METER STICK
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Show that light obeys the inverse square law.
L1-11: INVERSE SQUARE LAW - LIGHT BULB AND RADIOMETER
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Demonstrate that light obeys the inverse square law.
L1-02: TUNGSTEN-HALOGEN LAMP - PROJECTION OF LAMP
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
View an operating tungsten-halogen lamp.
L1-01: ARC LAMP - PROJECTION OF ARC
Category: L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
Purpose:
Direct projection of side view of the arc of a carbon arc lamp.
N1-61: REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN DIAMOND
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Show how a diamond produces colors from white light.
N1-45: RAINBOW - WATER FLASK
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate a large angle rainbow.
N1-43: RAINBOW - GLASS BEAD MODEL
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Observe an almost complete circular rainbow formed by glass beads.
N1-42: RAINDROP MECHANICAL MODEL
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Illustrate rays in formation of a rainbow.
N1-41: RAINDROP RAY MODEL
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Illustrate formation of a rainbow.
N1-32: ICE CRYSTALS - PAPER MODELS
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Illustrates how two types of ice crystals formed high in the atmosphere float downward through the air with preferred orientations.
N1-23: FINE RESOLUTION OF SPECTRUM USING TWO PRISMS
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Increase the dispersion in a white light spectrum by adding a second prism.
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L2-01 OPTICAL BOARD - PLANE MIRROR
Demonstrate reflection from a plane mirror Read More
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L2-02: OPTICAL BOARD - RAY DIAGRAM - PLANE MIRROR
Demonstrate how several light rays are used to locate the image in a plane mirror Read More
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L2-03: MICROWAVES - REFLECTION
Demonstrate that microwaves undergo specular reflection Read More
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L2-04: VIRTUAL IMAGE DETECTOR - PLANE MIRROR
Show the nature of a virtual image Read More
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L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Counterintuitive investigation of the nature of the image of a plane mirror Read More
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L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Magic trick using a plane mirror Read More
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L2-07: PERVERTED IMAGE - LIGHT
Demonstrate that a plane mirror does not produce a left-to-right inversion Read More
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L2-21: OPTICAL BOARD - HALF-SILVERED MIRROR
Illustrate a half-silvered mirror Read More
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L2-22: INFINITY MIRROR
Illusion with half-silvered mirror Read More
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L2-24: PARTIALLY SILVERED CYLINDER
Demonstrate partially silvered surfaces Read More
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L2-25: LIGHT BULB IN WATER
Do a magic trick using partially reflected light Read More
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L2-27: Infinity Mirror - Portable
Show how a partially reflective surface can create the illusion of depth. Read More
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L2-41: OPTICAL BOARD - CORNER REFLECTOR
Show how a corner reflector works in two dimensions Read More
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L2-42: CORNER REFLECTOR - MIRROR TILES
Show what a corner reflector does Read More
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L2-43: CORNER REFLECTOR - ROTATING
Show that the reflected ray from a corner reflector is parallel to the incoming ray Read More
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L2-44: CORNER REFLECTOR - HAND HELD
Demonstrate dramatically how a corner reflector works Read More
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L2-45: MICROWAVES - CORNER REFLECTOR
A two-dimensional microwave corner reflector Read More
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L2-46: CORNER REFLECTOR - MODELS
Model how the rays reflect in a corner reflector Read More
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L2-61: MIRROR TILES WITH LIGHT BULB
Show multiple reflections using two mirrors Read More
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L2-62: MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS WITH MIRROR TILES
Show multiple reflections in a three-dimensional system of mirrors Read More
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L2-63: TELEIDOSCOPE
Demonstrate a kaleidoscope with rotating mirrors Read More
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