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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom:refraction/ray Model of Light: Optical Density/light Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
In order to understand refraction, students will explore the factors that affect the speed at which a light wave is transported through a medium.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Refraction of Light Through the Human Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-question quiz relating to refraction of light in the human eye.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Cause of Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and animated tutorials, students discover what causes refraction.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: Boundary Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
In this illustrated physics tutorial, students investigate the connection between light reflection and light refraction.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can study this article to help them understand the concept of refraction and index of refraction.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Light Magic

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of light in a storybook format. The animations cover the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) along with prisms, light waves, reflection, and refraction.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 6:6: Activity 4 Lemon Light

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An exploration of light refraction using lemon gelatin.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse: Physics: Reflection and Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
All waves will reflect and refract in the right circumstances. The reflection and refraction of light explain how people see images, color and even optical illusions. This tutorial discusses each concept and presents an experiment to try...
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Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 10 Light Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate light waves. Some topics examined are reflection of light, illuminance, and refraction of light. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Exploring Light: Absorb, Reflect, Transmit or Refract?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In a hands-on way, students explore light's properties of absorption, reflection, transmission and refraction through various experimental stations within the classroom. To understand absorption, reflection and transmission, they shine...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Index of Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, discover and solve problems involving the index of refraction, and investigate problems involving Snell's Law.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Light and Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will investigate the properties of light waves. They will learn about the different types of electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves, and investigate the phenomena of reflection, refraction, interference, and diffraction.
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Properties and Behaviors of Heat, Light and Sound

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can scientists lump heat, light and sound together when investigating properties and behaviors? This learning module will address that question through a series of activities.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Properties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the basic properties of light and how light interacts with objects. They are introduced to the additive and subtractive color systems, and the phenomena of refraction. Students further explore the differences between...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Refraction of Light

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses refraction of light in matter and how light changes its speed and angle of refraction according to the type of medium it is travelling through.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: If I Were an Archer Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how the Archer fish can reach out of the water and catch its prey with pinpoint accuracy, despite the physics that causes refraction of light.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Ray Tracing

For Students 9th - 10th
In this illustrated physics tutorial, students investigate several of the types of problems that you will have to solve, and learn the task of tracing the refracted ray if given the incident ray and the indices of refraction.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Boundary Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, focus on the refraction of light in great detail. Explore the conceptual and mathematical principles governing the bending of waves as they cross the boundary between two media.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: Direction of Bending

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive physics tutorial about refraction, students investigate the topic of the direction of bending of a light wave.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light: Snell's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive physics tutorial, students will learn about a mathematical equation relating these two angles and the indices of refraction of the two materials on each side of the boundary.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: The Critical Angle

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated examples and interactive practice problems that introduce students to the concept of the critical angle, the angle of incidence that provides an angle of refraction of 90-degrees.
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My Science Site

B J Mst: Behaviour of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores light reflection and refraction by providing colorful illustrations and examples.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Total Internal Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples, students explore the physics phenomenon of total internal reflection when light travels through several medium boundaries.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Refractive Telescopes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University Physics Department gives a discussion of the manner in which light is refracted by refractive telescopes. Discusses the Galielean telescope and the astronomical telescope.

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