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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L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass Read More
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L4-02 REFRACTION - BEER MUG IN WATER
Illustrates refraction
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L4-03 REFRACTION - ROD IN WATER
Demonstrates refraction
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L4-04: REFRACTION - CAN IN WATER TANK
Illustrate refraction Read More
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L4-05: REFRACTION IN FISH TANK - PORTABLE
Illustrate refraction Read More
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L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Demonstrates how a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle Read More
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L4-21: SNELL'S LAW - IMAGE DISTORTION
Illustrate a paradox involving Snell's law Read More
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L4-22: MIRAGE - LASER AND HOT WIRE
Demonstrates refraction
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L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
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L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what we see in a fluid bath
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L4-41: MICROWAVES - REFRACTION BY PRISM
Demonstrate refraction of microwaves by a paraffin prism Read More
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L4-42: MICROWAVES - INDEX OF REFRACTION
Determine the index of refraction of paraffin for microwaves Read More
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