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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L7-01: LIGHT METERS
Show light meters and maybe even use one Read More
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L7-02: FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - CHALKBOARD MODEL
Illustrate how a focal plane shutter works Read More
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L7-03: SHUTTER SPEED OF A CAMERA
Measure the shutter speed of a camera Read More
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L7-04: DEPTH OF FIELD AND FIELD OF VIEW
Demonstrate depth of field as a function of aperture setting, and to demonstrate field of view as a function of… Read More
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L7-05: VIDEO CAMERA WITH VARIOUS LENSES
Demonstrate various lenses for a video camera Read More
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L7-11: OPTICAL BOARD - ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
Model the optics of an astronomical telescope Read More
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L7-12: OPTICAL BOARD - TELEPHOTO LENS
Illustrate the location of the principal planes in a telephoto lens Read More
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L7-13: OPTICAL BOARD - GALILEAN TELESCOPE
Model the optics of a Galilean telescope Read More
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L7-14: OPTICAL BOARD - REFLECTING TELESCOPE
To illustrate rays in one type of reflecting telescope Read More
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L7-15: MICROSCOPE
Demonstrate how the optics of a microscope produces a magnified image Read More
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L7-16: GALILEOSCOPE
Show how the optics and lenses in a telescope work Read More
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L7-21: MAGNIFYING GLASS - TV
Illustrate how a magnifying glass works Read More
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L7-22: MICROSCOPE - TV
Illustrate how a microscope works Read More
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L7-23: ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - TV
Illustrate how an astronomical telescope works Read More
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L7-24: TERRESTRIAL TELESCOPE - TV
Illustrate how a terrestrial telescope works Read More
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L7-25: GALILEAN TELESCOPE - TV
Illustrate how a Galilean telescope works Read More
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L7-31: PRINCIPAL PLANES
Illustrate principal planes of a compound lens system Read More
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L7-32: FIELD LENS
Show what a field lens does Read More
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L7-33: OVERHEAD PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Show how an overhead projector works and to view its components Read More
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L7-34: SLIDE PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Show how a slide projector works and to view its parts Read More
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L7-41: REAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Determine the location of a real image in a complex lens-mirror system Read More
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L7-42: VIRTUAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Calculate the position of a virtual image and the verify this by using parallax Read More
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L7-43: Telephoto Lens Model - Point Source
A model of the assembly and function of a telephoto lens attachment. Read More
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