Product Summary
The Basic Optics Light Source is an excellent source for a variety of optics experiments. A single 10-watt quartz-halogen bulb provides bright, easy-to-see illumination without a lot of heat. By turning the box to a different side, it becomes a:
- Crossed Arrow Object with Metric Scale: ideal for showing images, focal point, and magnification.
- Bright Point Source: The very small filament of the halogen bulb provides an excellent point source for experimenting with shadows or the Inverse Square Law.
- Three Primary Colors Source: The red, green, and blue filters provide three rays of light that are easily combined with a lens for color mixing.
- One, Three or Five Ray Sources: Just rotate the knob in front of the light source to vary the number of rays produced.
What's Included
- 1x Universal AC Adapter
- 1x Spare Bulb (stored under access cover)
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Basic Optics Light Source.
Visit PASCO's Experiment Library to view more activities.
Advanced Placement / Physics
In this lab, students use an optics light source, optics track, and half screen to measure the image and object distances associated with the real image formed by a concave spherical mirror and then use principles of reflection...
College • High School / Physics
Use a light source, concave mirror, and half-screen, all on an optics bench, to measure the focal length of the concave mirror.
College • High School / Physics
In this experiment you will explore how the intensity and polarization of light changes when reflected from the surface of a transparent medium, and then compare your experimental results to a theoretical value known as Brewster's...
Advanced Placement / Physics
In this lab, students use an optics light source, optics track, and viewing screen to measure the image and object distances associated with the real image formed by a converging lens, and then determine the focal length of the...
Advanced Placement / Physics
In this lab, students use an optics ray table to measure the incident and refraction angles of a light ray traveling from air into a material with unknown index of refraction, and then, using the principles of refraction and Snell's...
College • High School / Physics
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for a flat, concave, and convex mirror.
