PhET Simulation: Geometric Optics

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This interactive Flash application allows students to investigate the properties of converging lenses. The user can change the index of refraction and the radius of curvature of the lens. The lens and object can be moved in two dimensions. The user has the option of displaying various rays including rays from two points on the object.

This is part of a large collection of simulations freely available from the Physics Education Technology group at the University of Colorado.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/geometric-optics

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Geometrical Optics = Thin Lens	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation

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Mirror:: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/ge…
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2004 PHET and University of Colorado
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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:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 11, 2006
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