Bending Light
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Topics
- Snell's Law
- Light
- Refraction
Description
Explore bending of light between two media with different indices of refraction. See how changing from air to water to glass changes the bending angle. Play with prisms of different shapes and make rainbows.
Sample Learning Goals
- Explain how light bends at the interface between two media and what determines the angle.
- Apply Snell’s law to a laser beam incident on the interface between media.
- Describe how the speed and wavelength of light changes in different media.
- Describe the effect of changing wavelength on the angle of refraction.
- Explain how a prism creates a rainbow.
Version 1.03
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Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Wave unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Demo |
Physics |
| Exploring How Light Behaves at Boundaries |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | Physics | |
| Bending Light Exploration Lab |
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Cynthia Bordash | K-5 | Lab | Physics | |
| Refraction Investigation |
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John Macuk | HS | Lab | Physics | |
| Bending Light -Refraction and Reflections |
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Danny Rehn | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
HW Lab |
Physics | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Earth Science Physics Biology Chemistry |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Earth Science Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Activity sheet_reflection_refraction | Rabin Rabe | UG-Intro | Guided | Physics | ||
| Refraction and Snell's Law Lab | Kristin Michalski | HS | Lab | Astronomy Physics |
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| PHET Digtial Wave Lab | Martin Hofkamp | K-5 MS HS |
HW Lab |
Physics | ||
| Critical Angle & Total Internal Reflection | Simon Lees | HS | HW Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| Refraction and Snell's Law | Simon Lees | HS | Lab Guided HW |
Physics | ||
| Determining Speed and Intensity of Light during Refraction | Simon Lees | HS | Guided HW Lab |
Physics | ||
| Reflection in a plane surface | Simon Lees | HS | Guided HW Lab |
Physics | ||
| Light and Waves E-Learning Activity | Gregory O'Neill | HS | CQs | Physics | ||
| Snell's Law and the Index of Refraction | Daniel Nieman | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Bending Light | Dorian McIntire | HS UG-Intro MS |
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| Refraction of Light | Ayesha Ayub | K-5 | Lab | |||
| PhET Inquiry - Bending Light | Paul Martenis | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Total Internal Reflection | Shawn Templin | HS | Lab | |||
| Bending Light Worksheet | Kristy Bibbey | HS | Lab CQs |
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| Snell's law Lab - Inquiry based | Argirios Paschos | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Praktische opdracht breking en terugkaatsing Havo 4 | Kees Lazonder | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Valguse murdumine | Siim Tõkke | HS | HW Lab |
Physics | ||
| Sisepeegeldus | Siim Tõkke | HS | Lab HW |
Physics | ||
| Hukum Snellius | Endra Putra Raharja dan Hamzah | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| PEMANTULAN | dwi sulistyorini | MS | Lab | Physics | ||
| 光の屈折 | Hiroto Kuninaka, Akira Ogihara, Taichiro Goto | MS | Lab Guided |
Physics | ||
| Miopia e Hipermetropia (Lentes) no "Bending Light" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS Other MS |
Other Guided HW |
Physics Earth Science Other |
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| Curvando a luz | y' e y" | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| REFRACCION DE LA LUZ | daniel cruz ochoa | MS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Laboratorio de Refracción | Jesús Alfredo Mantilla Lobo | HS | Lab | Physics |
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