Mirrors - Blackboard Optics - Curved Mirrors

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Condition :   Excellent  
Principle :   Reflection & Geometric Optics  
Area of Study :  Optics   
Equipment :   Blackboard Optics kit 12 VDC power supply, Dry Erase Blackboard on wheels.

  
Procedure :   The blackboard optics unit is pretty self explanatory, however there is a pamphlet on its use with the unit and in the file. Do Not run the power supply for the light bulb over 12 volts.

Dry erase markers are in the drawer on the B.B Optics Unit.  

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   References

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "A Quick Experiment on Reflection from Concave Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 38, # 4, Apr. 2000, p. 206.

David Heiden, "Seeing the Light, an Alternative to Chalk Dust", TPT, Vol. 35 # 1, Feb. 1997, p. 94.

Se-yuen Mak, "Low-Cost Cylindrical Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 31, # 3, Mar. 1993, p. 186.

Samuel Derman, "Ray Tracing with Spherical and Parabolic Reflectors", TPT, Vol. 28, # 9, Dec. 1990, p. 590.

Bill F. Melton and Terrill W. Mayes, "Plastic Concave and Convex Cylindrical Mirrors", TPT, Vol. 21, # 2, Feb. 1983, p. 125.

Kenneth Fox, "Finding the Principal Focus with Laser and Thread", TPT, Vol. 19, # 7, Oct. 1981, p. 480.

Robert Gardner, "Ray Models of Concave Mirrors and Convex Lenses", TPT, Vol. 18, # 8, Nov. 1980, p. 608.

 

Oc-1,2,3:  Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.

 

O-150:  "Diverging-Virtual Image Always,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

O-155:  "Virtual or Real Image?"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

O-555:  "Poisson's Spot,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.



Mail Questions and Comments to:  Dale Stille