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PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics
published by the PhET
This interactive Flash application allows users to investigate the properties of converging lenses.  The index of refraction and the radius of curvature of the lens can be changed and thelens and object can be moved in two dimensions. This is part of a large collection of simulations freely available from the University of Colorado.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Light
- Geometrical Optics
= Thin Lens
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/flash
- text/html
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This resource was featured by the Physics Source collection from December 27, 2008 until January 27, 2010. View the feature here!
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2004 PHET and University of Colorado
Additional information is available.
Keywords: Light, Refraction, Vision, comvergent lens, convex lens, experiment simulation, image, interactive multimedia, lens, marginal ray, optics, principal ray, ray diagrams, real image, screen, virtual image
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created July 13, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 August 11, 2006
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AIP Format
(PhET, Boulder, 2004), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics (PhET, Boulder, 2004), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics. (2006, August 11). Retrieved March 19, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics. Boulder: PhET, August 11, 2006. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics (accessed 19 March 2025).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics. Boulder: PhET, 2004. 11 Aug. 2006. 19 Mar. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/geometric-optics>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {19 March 2025}, Month = {August 11, 2006}, Year = {2004} }
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