How light waves demonstrate their wave nature by reflection, refraction, and diffraction.

Informational site provides illustrated tutorial of light reflection. Also discusses the law of reflection.

Students can see light reflected and refracted in this demonstration. They will also discover the total internal reflection of light.

Through illustrated practice problems and video clips, students learn about polarization of light.

In this physics classroom, students learn how and why light of certain frequencies can be selectively absorbed, reflected or transmitted.

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...

"How Do We Know Light Behaves as a Wave?" An answer is provided in this discussion of the polarization of light and the use of Polaroid filters in sunglasses. The four methods discussed on this page are: polarization by transmission,...

The operation of Polaroid filters on a pair of sunglasses is shown.

Demonstrate for students how a round bowl of water can act as both a magnifier and a lens.