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This is a classroom lab for grades 6-12 designed to allow students to compare the action of a pinhole camera and a lens camera. It gives directions for setting up a carbon filament lamp as the light source, plus technical tips provided by a physicist for getting best results. Required materials include a +7D lens and the pinhole camera itself, which can be constructed by students (see below for link).
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.
SEE RELATED ITEMS ON THIS PAGE for a link to detailed instructions for building the pinhole camera box.
Nuffield Curriculum Centre, Practical Physics: Pinhole Camera and Lens Camera (2006), WWW Document, (http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Experiment_600.html?topic_id=2&collection_id=89).
Nuffield Curriculum Centre. (2007, October 25). Practical Physics: Pinhole Camera and Lens Camera. Retrieved September 7, 2010, from http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Experiment_600.html?topic_id=2&collection_id=89
Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Practical Physics: Pinhole Camera and Lens Camera. October 25, 2007. http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Experiment_600.html?topic_id=2&collection_id=89 (accessed 7 September 2010).
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This web page provides explicit directions for constructing a pinhole camera using card stock, tape, cardboard, heavy-gauge needles, and brass stock (available in hardware stores).
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