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O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Category: O1 Image Production
Purpose:
Demonstrates optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects
N3-02 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Demonstrates additive color mixing of light
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
Category: M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
Purpose:
Demonstration of an optical cavity
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
M7-03 TWO POLAROIDS AND LIGHT SOURCE
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Demonstrates polarization of light
M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
Category: M3 Interferometers
Purpose:
Shows laser light fringes using a Michelson interferometer
M2-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
Category: M2 Diffraction - Circular
Purpose:
Demonstrates laser diffraction by pinholes
M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Purpose:
Demonstrates double slit interference
L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located
L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection
L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrates total internal reflection of a laser beam in a water jet
L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what wesee in a fluid bath
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass
L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates images from concave and convex mirrors
L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
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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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