PHET Interactive Simulations: Geometric Optics
Free
Topics
Refraction
Lens
Optics
Description
How does a lens form an image? See how light rays are refracted by a lens. Watch how the image changes when you adjust the focal length of the lens, move the object, move the lens, or move the screen.
Sample Learning Goals
Explain how an image is formed by a converging lens using ray diagrams.
How changing the lens (radius, index and diameter) effects where the image appears and how it looks (magnification, brightness and inversion.
Language:
English
Curriculum Alignment:
CAPS aligned
Publication Date:
2020-02-13
Grade:
10
Audience:
Learners
Teachers
Parents
Type:
Application
Copyright:
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