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Institute of Physics
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Episode 317: Reflection and Refraction of Waves
This learning episode, from the Institute of Physics, contains activities in which students look at reflection, refraction and Snell's law.
Through discussion, demonstration and practical experiments, students look at:
* reflection and refraction with a ripple tank
* the 'marching soldiers' model of refraction
* tracing a light ray's path through a rectangular block
* refractive index and Snell's law
* calculations and using the refractive index
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