Geometrical Optics
L2-27: Infinity Mirror - Portable
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Illusion with half-silvered mirror.
L7-42: VIRTUAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Calculate the position of a virtual image and the verify this by using parallax.
L7-41: REAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Determine the location of a real image in a complex lens-mirror system.
L7-34: SLIDE PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Show how a slide projector works and to view its parts.
L7-33: OVERHEAD PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Show how an overhead projector works and to view its components.
L7-31: PRINCIPAL PLANES
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate principal planes of a compound lens system.
L7-25: GALILEAN TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how a Galilean telescope works.
L7-24: TERRESTRIAL TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate how a terrestrial telescope works.
L7-23: ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how an astronomical telescope works.
L7-21: MAGNIFYING GLASS - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how a magnifying glass works.
L7-15: MICROSCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate how the optics of a microscope produces a magnified image.
L7-14: OPTICAL BOARD - REFLECTING TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate rays in one type of reflecting telescope.
L7-13: OPTICAL BOARD - GALILEAN TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Model the optics of a Galilean telescope.
L7-12: OPTICAL BOARD - TELEPHOTO LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Ilustrate the location of the principal planes in a telephoto lens.
L7-11: OPTICAL BOARD - ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Model the optics of an astronomical telescope.
L7-05: VIDEO CAMERA WITH VARIOUS LENSES
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate various lenses for a video camera.
L7-04: DEPTH OF FIELD AND FIELD OF VIEW
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate depth of field as a function of aperture setting, and to demonstrate field of view as a function of zoom setting on a TV lens.
L7-03: SHUTTER SPEED OF A CAMERA
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Measure the shutter speed of a camera.
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N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Demonstrate continuous spectrum. Read More
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N1-03: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - WATER PRISM
Demonstrate continuous spectrum using water as the dispersing medium. Read More
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N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
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N1-06: POLYPRISM SPECTRA
Demonstrate continuous spectra with several different types of glass. Read More
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N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes Read More
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N1-08: GOETHE'S PUZZLE
Show the view of a slide through a prism and argue about color theory. Read More
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N1-09: COMPLEMENTARY SPECTRUM
Display the spectrum of a "negative" slit. Read More
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N1-11: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Demonstrate continuous spectrum. Read More
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N1-12: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - GRATING ON OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Very simple white light diffraction spectrum. Read More
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N1-13: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - PORTABLE
Individual observation of white light spectrum. Read More
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N1-14: REFLECTION GRATING - LARGE
Show a spectrum from a small bright source. Read More
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N1-21: COLOR SEPARATION AND RECOMBINATION BY PRISMS
Show how a prism can recombine previously dispersed white light. Read More
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N1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PRISMS - SEPARATE AND RECOMBINE
Separate white light into its component colors with a prism and use an identical prism to recombine the light. Read More
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N1-23: FINE RESOLUTION OF SPECTRUM USING TWO PRISMS
Increase the dispersion in a white light spectrum by adding a second prism. Read More
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N1-31: SUN DOG - MODEL
Show how a "sun dog" is formed. Read More
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N1-32: ICE CRYSTALS - PAPER MODELS
Illustrate how two types of ice crystals formed high in the atmosphere float downward through the air with preferred orientations. Read More
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N1-41: RAINDROP RAY MODEL
Illustrate formation of a rainbow. Read More
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N1-42: RAINDROP MECHANICAL MODEL
Illustrate rays in formation of a rainbow. Read More
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N1-43: RAINBOW - GLASS BEAD MODEL
Observe an almost complete circular rainbow formed by glass beads. Read More
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N1-44: OPTICAL BOARD - RAINBOW
Demonstrates internal reflection and dispersion of light
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N1-45: RAINBOW - WATER FLASK
Demonstrate a large angle rainbow. Read More
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N1-51: SPECTROMETER - HAND HELD
Demonstrate spectra individually. Read More
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N1-61: REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN DIAMOND
Show how a diamond produces colors from white light. Read More
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