PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Ray Optics PhET Lab

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This is a high school computer lab activity developed specifically for use with the PhET simulation Geometric Optics. It contains a two-page student lab guide with a ten-point formal assessment at the conclusion. The primary objective is to promote understanding of convergent lens optics using a 3-ray system (parallel-focal, focal-parallel, central). Directions are explicit, allowing the flexibility to conduct the activity in either a school computer lab or at a student's home.

SEE RELATED ITEMS on this page for a link to the accompanying simulation.

This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive Java simulations for students of physics, developed by the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/3159

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Geometrical Optics = Thin Lens	- High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Problem/Problem Set = Student Guide - Assessment Material

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

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Restriction:: © 2006 PHET and University of Colorado
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Keywords:: Light, Refraction, Vision, clicker questions, convergent lens, convex lens, experiment simulation, image, interactive multimedia, lens, lesson plan, marginal ray, optics, optics lesson, principal ray, ray diagrams, real image, screen, virtual image
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 20, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 8, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 11, 2008

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Nature and Behavior of Light
Unit Title: Ray Optics -- Reflection and Refraction of Light

A very well-designed problem set by the PhET team, intended specifically for use with the simulation Geometric Optics (see item directly above). It contains a two-page student guide with explicit directions on using the settings within the simulation. It ends with a 10-point assessment to gauge student understanding of light refraction through a convex lens.

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