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 Source: 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.
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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...
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...
