Ray Optics - Multimedia Animations

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written by Tom Henderson

These multimedia animations help users gain an understanding of reflection and refraction principles. Text explanations and ray diagrams accompany the animations to offer comprehensive background information on geometrical optics in a beginning tutorial format for first-year physics students. This resource is part of a larger online collection, The Physics Classroom.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/index.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Geometrical Optics	- High School	- Collection - Instructional Material = Activity = Curriculum support = Tutorial

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Educator
Learner
Formats:: application/flash
image/gif
text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 The Physics Classroom
Keywords:: Law of Reflection, geometrical optics, lenses, mirrors, optics, optics animations, reflection, refraction
Record Cloner:: Cloned from ComPADRE Item 4755 December 12, 2006 by caroline hall
Record Updated:: June 20, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 20, 2004

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T. Henderson, Ray Optics - Multimedia Animations (1996), WWW Document, (http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/index.cfm).

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Henderson, T. (2004, December 20). Ray Optics - Multimedia Animations . Retrieved September 7, 2010, from http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/index.cfm

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Henderson, Tom. Ray Optics - Multimedia Animations . December 20, 2004. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/index.cfm (accessed 7 September 2010).

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Henderson, Tom. Ray Optics - Multimedia Animations . 1996. 20 Dec. 2004. 7 Sep. 2010 <http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/index.cfm>.

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