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

Six complete lessons on refraction and the ray model of light. Tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension checks along the way.

This tutorial looks at the anatomy of the eye and how the sense of sight works. This is the first part of a learning module. Subsequent sections cover how images are formed and detected, the concept of accommodation where the eye adjusts...

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.

In this illustrated tutorial, students will see a specific method for constructing ray diagrams for double concave lenses.

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.

A four-lesson tutorial on the reflection and the ray model of light. These complete tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension questions.

An illustrated tutorial which takes students step-by-step through the process of drawing ray diagrams.

Understand the physics behind Roy G. Biv, and how rainbows are formed by drawing upon our understanding of refraction, internal reflection, and dispersion.

The purpose of this tutorial is to summarize object-image relationships by dividing the possible object locations into five general areas or points.

In this illustrated physics tutorial, students investigate the connection between light reflection and light refraction.