Code Number: 6A20.15

Demo Title: Mirrors - Blackboard Optics - Curved Mirrors and Colored Rays

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Reflection & Geometric Optics

Area of Study: Optics

Equipment:

Blackboard Optics set, colored filter panel, mirrors.

Procedure:

Place the colored filter panel over the rays of the blackboard optics 5 ray projector to produce 5 rays of different colors. Do the geometric optics demonstrations with the mirrors to observe the reflected rays.

References:

Tim Maley, Will Stoll, Kadir Demir, "Seeing an Old Lab in a New Light: Transforming a Traditional Optics Lab into Full Guided Inquiry", TPT, Vol. 51, # 6, Sept. 2013, p. 368.
Borislaw Bilash II, David Maiullo, "Follow the Ray", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 332.

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6A20.15 - Mirrors - Blackboard Optics - Curved Mirrors and Colored Rays

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