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These multimedia animations help users gain an understanding of reflection and refraction principles. Text explanations and ray diagrams accompany the animations to offer comprehensive background information on geometrical optics in a beginning tutorial format for first-year physics students. This resource is part of a larger online collection, The Physics Classroom.
Please note that this resource requires Flash.
This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.
Topic: Nature and Behavior of Light
Unit Title: Ray Optics -- Reflection and Refraction of Light Computer Animations Grades 9-12
Topic: Nature and Behavior of Light
Unit Title: Ray Optics -- Reflection and Refraction of Light These animations were developed by the author of the respected Physics Classroom web site to help students comprehend reflection and refraction. Each one is accompanied by a full text explanation and links to additional resources on geometrical optics. This particular section is appropriate for grades 7-9 with some scaffolding by the teacher. Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=4757">Henderson, Tom. Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics. December 20, 2004.</a>
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T. Henderson, Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics (1996), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics>.
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Henderson, T. (2004, December 20). Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics. Retrieved March 25, 2025, from https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics
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Henderson, Tom. Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics. December 20, 2004. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics (accessed 25 March 2025).
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Henderson, Tom. Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics. 1996. 20 Dec. 2004. 25 Mar. 2025 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics>.
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Title = {Multimedia Physics Studio: Ray Optics},
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Month = {December 20, 2004},
Year = {1996}
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