Product Summary
The Ray Optics Kit is a basic set of optic components for ray and color experiments.
How It Works
To use any of the components, place them on a flat tabletop in the path of rays from your ray box (not included). Place a white sheet of paper on the table to facilitate ray tracing and make the rays more visible.
To study a lens made of air and surrounded by water, use the storage box as a water tank. Remove the foam insert but leave the white plastic sheet under the box to serve as a reflective surface. Put the hollow lens in the box with a small weight on top to keep it from floating. Fill the box with water just below the top of the hallow lens. Use an eye dropper or pipette to empty and fill sections of the lens.
What's Included
- 1x Double-Convex Lens
- 1x Double-Concave Lens
- 1x Acrylic Trapezoid
- 1x Triangular mirror accessory with concave, convex, and plane reflective surfaces
- 1x Hollow lens to fill with a liquid or use as an air lens.
- 1x Storage Box/Water Tank with foam insert and white plastic sheet
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Ray Optics Kit.
Visit PASCO's Experiment Library to view more activities.
College • High School / Physics
In this experiment you will explore how the properties of a lens are related to its shape, its index of refraction, and the index of refraction of the surrounding medium.
College • High School / Physics
In this experiment you will determine the focal length of a concave lens in two ways: a) by direct measurement using ray tracing and b) by measuring the radius of curvature and using the lensmaker’s equation.
College • High School / Physics
You will observe dispersion through an acrylic rhomboid and calculate the different indices of refraction for different color light.
College / Physics
Observe dispersion through an acrylic rhomboid and calculate the different indices or refraction for different colors of light.
College • High School / Physics
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for a flat, concave, and convex mirror.
College • High School / Physics
In this experiment, you will use two different methods to measure the apparent depth of the acrylic trapezoid. You will also determine the index of refraction of acrylic by comparing the apparent depth to the actual depth.
College / Physics
Use Snell’s Law of refraction to experimentally determine the index of refraction of a D-shaped acrylic lens.
College / Physics
Experimentally confirm the Law of Reflection for flat, concave, and convex mirrors.
