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This item by the authors of Practical Physics experiments gives guidance on the use of ray boxes and/or lamps to conduct labs on geometric optics. The advantages of both are discussed in terms of their use in different types of experiments.
This item is part of a much larger collection of physics/astronomy experiments, sponsored by the UK's Institute of Physics and funded by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre.
activities, color, color spectra, experiment, hands-on, high school labs, labs, lenses, light, practical physics, ray box, ray model, ray optics, reflection, refraction, visible light
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre, Practical Physics: Ray Box or Lamp? (2006), WWW Document, (http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Guidance_112.html?topic_id=2&guidance_id=1).
Nuffield Curriculum Centre. (2007, October 17). Practical Physics: Ray Box or Lamp?. Retrieved September 7, 2010, from http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Guidance_112.html?topic_id=2&guidance_id=1
Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Practical Physics: Ray Box or Lamp?. October 17, 2007. http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Guidance_112.html?topic_id=2&guidance_id=1 (accessed 7 September 2010).
Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Practical Physics: Ray Box or Lamp?. 2006. 17 Oct. 2007. Nuffield Curriculum Centre. 7 Sep. 2010 <http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Guidance_112.html?topic_id=2&guidance_id=1>.
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This is a set of more than 50 classroom experiments for high school and middle school on the topic of geometric optics, developed by the same authors. Many of them require the use of a ray box or other light source.
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