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Light
Light is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review.
The sections of this resource and the topics are as follows.
Elementary and general
* Optical smoke-box
* A direct determination of the speed of electromagnetic waves
* A simple ray board
Demonstration in geometrical optics
* 'The image is the point from which ... '
* Images: using microwaves
* A large aperture 'cylindrical' lens
* Introducing fibre optics
* Mounting colour filters for lantern work
* A colour-mixing attachment for slide projectors
Practical work in geometrical optics
* Ray tracing without pins
* Variable spherical mirrors
* A simple tank for class refraction experiments
* Total internal reflection
* Measuring refractive indices using a round-bottomed flask
* A simple determination of the focal lengths of diverging lenses and mirrors using sunlight
* Determining radii of curvature of lens surfaces
* Refractive index of gases: the Jamin interferometer
Demonstrations in physical optics
* Total internal reflection and a narrow air gap
* Blooming of lenses
* Nobili's rings
* Single-slit diffraction and double-slit interference
* Effect of magnetism on light
* Polarization by double reflection
* A demonstration polarimeter-for projection and bench use
Practical work in physical optics
* The production of interference and diffraction patterns
* Quantitative class experiments in interference
* Diffraction demonstration
* Instant Newton's Rings
* Measurement of wavelength of light by Young's slits
* An experiment for third-year sixth form.
* An optical bench method for estimating the wavelength of light
* Wavelength of light using peg-board and fine gauze
* Resolving power of a telescope
* Pinholes and their opposites
* Measurement of the wavelength of light using the overlapping diffraction patterns of twin apertures
* Simple experiments in polarization
Miscellaneous
* Mirages
* Coloured Schlieren
* Polystyrene 'rainbows' in the laboratory
* Flame tint techniques
* Dispersion by spectacle lenses, or the red square effect
* Optical path length
* Lloyd's mirror, interference and the position of image formed by plane mirror
* Peacocks' feathers
* Psychological colour mixing
* Colour and vision
* Where does ultra-violet begin?
* Where does the ultra-violet begin?
* A big image of the sun
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