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
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"
O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Category: O1 Image Production
Purpose:
Demonstrates optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects
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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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