Curated Video
Total Internal Reflection and Its Applications
This video provides an explanation of the phenomenon of total internal reflection, which occurs when a wave travels from one material to another and is reflected back instead of refracting. The video also explains how to calculate the...
Curated Video
Wave Behavior at Boundaries
The video discusses the different ways in which waves behave when they encounter a boundary between two materials. The behavior can either be reflection, absorption, or transmission or a combination of the three. The video also explains...
Curated Video
Understanding Refraction and Ray Diagrams
The video is a lecture on refraction and ray diagrams. It explains how ray diagrams can be used to describe the refraction of waves at the boundary between two different media, such as air and glass. The video covers concepts such as the...
FuseSchool
Ray diagrams
Why can you see your reflection in some objects? In this video we will look at ray diagrams for reflection, refraction and colour absorption. Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Light is a transverse wave, and travels...
Ancient Lights Media
Understanding Refraction in Animals
Refraction Set: 3. This clip looks at the role of refraction in animals. Examples include the lenses of the eye and structural coloration.
Professor Dave Explains
Color and Refraction
What is color? What is it that determines the color of an object? Good thing we just learned about electromagnetic radiation! Especially the visible spectrum. Let's take a look.
DoodleScience
Refraction and Diffraction _ GCSE Physics
Doodle Science teaches you high school physics in a less boring way in almost no time!
DoodleScience
Converging Lenses _ GCSE Physics
A lens is a piece of transparent material, like glass, that uses refraction to form an image by changing the direction of light. There are two types of lens; converging and diverging. Converging lenses are shown using this symbol. The...
Curated Video
The Science of Iridescence
This video explores the concept of iridescence, where seemingly colorless or differently colored surfaces change their color when viewed from different angles. It explains how iridescence occurs through mechanisms like thin film and...
Curated Video
Reflection and Refraction Experiments
This is a lecture presentation on the topic of reflection and refraction experiments. The presenter explains the key terms involved in the experiment and demonstrates how the changing angle of incidence affects the angles of reflection...
Curated Video
Mirages: Optical Phenomena Explained
The mirage is an optical illusion famous for teasing thirsty desert travelers with illusions of water. Learn how light and heat interact to distort vision and create a mirage. Illusions part 8/11
Higgsino Physics
Why Does Light Bend in Glass? - Refraction and Mirages Visualized with Huygens Principle
Why does light bend when it enters glass and how do mirages happen? Using the Huygens principle, to show why refraction will make the light bend. Also showing why Inferior mirage happens.
All this with the Huygens principle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Experimenting with Refraction
Overview of the concept of refraction of light.
DoodleScience
Refraction and Refractive Index _ GCSE Physics
Doodle Science teaches you high school physics in a less boring way in almost no time! GCSE Science
Ancient Lights Media
Refraction in the Atmosphere
Refraction Set: 2. This clip explains the atmospheric refraction that includes mirages, rainbows and sunsets.
Higgsino Physics
Optical Physics Basics
Optical physics. Explaining and what Refraction, total internal reflection and dispersion is. Refraction is the bending of the light rays path, when it passes a new medium. When the index of refraction is greater in the new medium and...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Aurora and Unique Phenomena
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
Mazz Media
Refraction
Through live action footage and animated diagrams students will come to understand that refraction is the bending of light rays when they go from one medium to another medium of different density. The program explains why light refracts...
Ancient Lights Media
Introduction to Refraction
Refraction Set: 1. This clip explains the phenomenon of light refraction.
Mazz Media
Light
Using real world demonstrations and colorful graphics, Real World Science: Light teaches students the different properties of light, pertinent definitions and how light travels. Students will learn how different mediums can affect light,...
Curated Video
Exploring the Phenomenon of Rainbows
Explaining how sunlight is refracted and dispersed by water droplets in the atmosphere, this video describes the formation of rainbows and the seven colors that make up their spectrum. The video also explores other unique locations where...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Beauty
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...