Light Intensity versus Distance
The relative light intensity versus distance from a point light source is plotted. As the Light Sensor is moved by hand, the string attached to the Light...
Variation of Light Intensity
The purpose of this activity is to compare the variation in intensity of light from different light sources. Students will use a light sensor to record...
Telescope and Microscope
The purpose of this activity is to construct a simple telescope and a simple microscope and to measure their magnifications. Biconvex (convergent) thin...
Focal Length of a Concave Mirror
Use a light source, concave mirror, and half-screen, all on an optics bench, to measure the focal length of the concave mirror.
Dispersion
You will observe dispersion through an acrylic rhomboid and calculate the different indices of refraction for different color light.
Refraction
Use Snell’s Law of refraction to experimentally determine the index of refraction of a D-shaped acrylic lens.
Reflection
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for a flat, concave, and convex mirror.
Object and Image Distances for a Thin Lens
The purpose of this activity is to determine the relationship between object distance and image distance...
Interference of Sound Waves
The purpose of this activity is to measure and analyze the behavior of two sounds that combine to produce beats. This activity also examines the relationship...
Superposition of Sound Waves
This experiment uses the Capstone Calculator to add two waves having different amplitudes and phases. The results are graphed.
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