- 6A01. Speed of Light
- 6A02. Straight Line Propagation of Light
- 6A10. Reflection From Flat Surfaces
- 6A20. Reflection from Curved Surfaces
- 6A20.30 Orange On A Plate A hidden orange on a plate at the center of curvature of a parabolic mirror appears to be real.
- 6A40. Refractive Index
- 6A42. Refraction at Flat Surfaces
- 6A44. Total Internal Reflection
- 6A44.10 Blackboard Optics Single and multiple beams of light pass through large acrylic prisms and semicircles.
- 6A44.11 Semicircular Element on Disk A beam of light entering a semicircular glass disc normal to the curved surface is reflected off the flat side.
- 6A44.13 Total Internal Reflection Model (local numbering) Brass wire model showing Total Internal Reflection.
- 6A44.20 Refraction Tank Adjust the path of a beam with mirrors in a tank of water with fluorescein to show total internal reflection.
- 6A44.40 Light Pipes Shine a laser into a curved plastic rod.
- 6A44.43 Bounce Around a Tube A laser beam follows a helical path around a thick walled acrylic tube.
- 6A44.45 Water Stream Light Pipe Shine a laser beam down the center of an orifice issuing from a large plastic soda bottle.
- 6A44.54 Hidden Mercury in a Test Tube Mercury in a partially filled test tube cannot be seen from above when immersed in water.
- 6A46. Rainbow
- 6A46.10 Rainbow Project a beam through a spherical flask of water and view the rainbow on a screen placed between the light and the flask.
- 6A46.16 Rainbow Dust On using small glass spheres to generate bows and halos.
- 6A60. Thin Lens
- 6A60.10 Blackboard Optics – Thin Lens Blackboard optics are used with convex and concave thin lens elements.
- 6A60.11 Model of Biconvex Lens Dynamic model showing the relationship of focal point to the lens.
- 6A60.30 Thin Lens Projection Project the filament of a lamp with a thin lens.
- 6A60.31 Image with Lens – Cover Half Lens Form an image on a screen with a converging lens and cover half the lens.
- 6A60.37 Submerged Light Bulb Exploring the unusual optical properties displayed by submerged clear and frosted light bulbs.
- 6A60.40 Position of a Virtual Image with a TV Find the virtual image location by using the parallax method.
- 6A60.50 Action of a Lens Project the images of a filament through several pinholes and then add a lens to collect the many into a single image.
- 6A61. Pinhole
- 6A61.10 Pinhole Projection Place a lamp in a box and project the image of a filament through a pinhole.
- 6A61.15 Pinholes Projected with a Lens See 6A60.50.
- 6A61.20 Pinhole Camera Place film at the back of a box with a hole.
- 6A61.23 Pinhole Camera (with digital camera) A pinhole in lens cap of a manual digital camera works well.
- 6A65. Thick Lens
- 6A70. Optical Instruments
- 6A70.23 Large Telescope Large telescopes are available at the Van Vleck Observatory.
Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics
