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Geometrical Optics
L7-02: FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - CHALKBOARD MODEL
Category:
L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a focal plane shutter works.
L6-91: ANAMORPHIC LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show application of anamorphic lenses to wide-screen movies.
L6-71: OPTICAL DISC
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate a number of ray optics phenomena.
L6-56: FRESNEL SPOTLIGHT
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate how Fresnel lenses are used in theatre spotlights.
L6-55: FRESNEL FLASHLIGHT
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show an application of the Fresnel lens.
L6-54: OPTICALLY PROGRAMMED TRAFFIC SIGNAL - MODEL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate the optics of an optically programmed traffic signal.
L6-53: FRESNEL LENS MAGNIFIER
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate magnification by a thin plastic Fresnel lens.
L6-52: FRESNEL LENSES - MISCELLANEOUS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Allow individual experience with plastic Fresnel lenses.
L6-51: OPTICAL BOARD - FRESNEL LENS
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate construction of a Fresnel lens.
M5-11: LASER DIFFRACTION - PIN POINT
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Diffraction of laser beam by a pin point.
M5-04: LASER DIFFRACTION - EXOTIC ARRAYS
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Show diffraction by arrays of complex figures.
M5-03: LASER DIFFRACTION - OPTICAL CRYSTALS
Category:
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
Purpose
:
Two dimensional diffraction patterns with crystal symmetries.
L6-43: DISTORTED PERSPECTIVE
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Distortion by a simple lens.
L6-42: DISTORTION AND CORRECTION
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate pincushion and barrel distortion and correction thereof.
L6-41: DISTORTED IMAGE - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Slightly more complicated but better way to show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-40: DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Fast and simple way to show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-39: DISTORTION - PINCUSHION AND BARREL WITH 2 IRISES
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Show pincushion and barrel distortion.
L6-38: COMA
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate coma.
L6-37: ASTIGMATISM
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Demonstrate off-axis astigmatism with a spherical lens.
L6-36: STRING MODEL - ASTIGMATISM
Category:
L6 Lenses
Purpose
:
Illustrate rays for on-axis astigmatism.
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Demonstrate the optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects.
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O1-02: EYE OPTICS MODEL - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Show inversion of the image on the retina by the eyelens.
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O1-03: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA
Model image inversion on the retina.
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O1-04: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Individual demonstration of image inversion on retina.
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O1-05: EYESCOPE
See your retina!
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O1-11: TEST OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS VS. FARSIGHTEDNESS
Identify nearsighted and farsighted eyes using laser speckle.
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O1-21: CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN EYE
Observe chromatic aberration in your eye.
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O1-22: SPHERICAL ABERRATION IN EYE USING PINHOLE
Show spherical aberration in eye and its correction.
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O1-23: ASTIGMATISM - ON AXIS
Demonstrate on-axis astigmatism.
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O1-31: MACH BANDS
Demonstrate Mach bands.
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O1-32: DARK AXLE
Demonstrate the dark axle illusion.
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O1-41: FLOATERS
Individual observation of floaters in the eye.
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