PASCO OS-8515C Basic Optics System - Manual (Page 7)

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Storage Box
Use the foam-padded box to store, organize, and protect the system’s components.
Place the components in the fitted compartments as illustrated below. Extra compart-
ments are included for additional components as spare parts. A full-page diagram
appears on page 69. Remove or copy that page and attach it the box lid.
About the Experiments
The experiment instructions on the following pages are arranged and categorized
according to which components of the Basic Optics System they use. See the table at
the top of each experiment for a detailed list of required equipment. Teachers’ notes,
including typical data and answers to questions, can be found starting on page 59.
The experiments that call for the light source work best in a dimly lit room.
Ray Optics Kit Experiments These experiments use the Ray Optics Kit, the
Light Source (in ray-box mode), and may require blank white paper, a ruler, protrac-
tor, and drawing compass.
1. Color Addition (page 9): Explore the results of mixing colored light and illumi-
nating colored ink with colored light.
2. Prism (page 11): Show how a prism separates white light into its component col-
ors and show that different colors are refracted at different angles through a
prism.
3. Reflection (page 13): Show how rays are reflected from plane, concave, and con-
vex mirrors.
4. Snell’s Law (page 15): Determine the index of refraction of acrylic by measuring
angles of incidence and refraction of a ray passing through the trapezoid.
5. Total Internal Reflection (page 17): Determine the critical angle at which total
internal reflection occurs in the trapezoid.
Light
Source
AC
Adapter
Ray Optics Kit
Ray Table
and
Adjustable Lens
Holder
Viewing
Screen
Lenses
+100 mm
+200 mm
+250 mm
-150 mm
D-shaped Lens
Half-screen
Concav
e/con
ve
x
Mirror