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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O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Demonstrate the optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects. Read More
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O1-02: EYE OPTICS MODEL - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Show inversion of the image on the retina by the eyelens. Read More
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O1-03: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA
Model image inversion on the retina. Read More
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O1-04: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Individual demonstration of image inversion on retina. Read More
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O1-05: EYESCOPE
See your retina! Read More
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O1-11: TEST OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS VS. FARSIGHTEDNESS
Identify nearsighted and farsighted eyes using laser speckle. Read More
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O1-21: CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN EYE
Observe chromatic aberration in your eye. Read More
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O1-22: SPHERICAL ABERRATION IN EYE USING PINHOLE
Show spherical aberration in eye and its correction. Read More
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O1-23: ASTIGMATISM - ON AXIS
Demonstrate on-axis astigmatism. Read More
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O1-31: MACH BANDS
Demonstrate Mach bands. Read More
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O1-32: DARK AXLE
Demonstrate the dark axle illusion. Read More
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O1-41: FLOATERS
Individual observation of floaters in the eye. Read More
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