Category: Optics
Optics experiments
Mixing Colors Experiment
Procedure: What color do you see when you throw at the same time on a white surface: Green and red light Green and blue light Blue and red light Green, blue and red light Explanation: White light consists of radiations corresponding to each color such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet .…
Read MoreMoving Images experiment
Procedure: Draw on a piece of paper a cage and next to it a parrot. Stick the back of the rafts together and rest them on a straw. Spin the straw with your palms and watch the parrot in the cage!! Explanation: Our eyes maintain the impression of an image for 1/10 of a second.…
Read MoreDisappearing Glass Experiment
Materials: glass sunflower oil glass rod Procedure: Fill a small glass with sunflower oil. Dip a glass rod into the sunflower oil. Notice that the rod has disappeared! Explanation: Light travels with the same speed in glass and in oil. When the light comes on the rod it will continue its straight spread, without refraction,…
Read MoreReversing Arrow Illusion
Materials: Glass Water Paper pen Procedure: Draw two parallel arrows on a piece of paper. Fill a glass with water halfway through. Place the paper behind the glass in such a way that one arrow is below the water level and the other arrow above it. Look at the arrows through the glass. The arrow…
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