Sunday, September 30, 2007

Links for applets on Refraction


I am currently looking for links on interesting sites dealing with refraction. You may also find some interesting material on You Tube, Yahoo Video or Google Video. If you find anything which you think others my find interesting.. post it up folks.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

theres a very nice video on You Tube about about the "Archer Fish" which has to overcome refraction to catch its prey.
Heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBZ40jIo4Q

Enjoy

Anonymous said...

I have found 2 informative sites which i believe will aid us in our quest for an A1 in the Higher level Leaving Certificate Physics Examination

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/refraction/LightRefract.html

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Ultrasonics/Physics/applet_2_8/applet_2_8.htm

Anonymous said...

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1573&rendTypeId=4

link to the pictures of total internal reflection
adam

Anonymous said...

Total Internal Reflection ->

You can move a torch about under the water to change the angle of incidence and to get total internal reflection

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=49

Anonymous said...

http://grad.physics.sunysb.edu/~campbell/optics/noe/fibrdiag.gif

picture of a fiber optic cable
adam

Anonymous said...

http://www.schulphysik.de/ntnujava/optics/path_e.html

Good applet of fish underwater, move the fish to see what it sees

Anonymous said...

http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/Lasers/laserweb/Java/Twoangles2.htm


This simulation can help you see what happens to a light beam when it goes from one medium into another

Anonymous said...

Demonstration of refraction shown with torch shining under water

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/applets/Intro_physics/kisalev/java/totintrefl/index.html

Anonymous said...

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/oldjava/optics/path_e.html

shows when a fish under water can see another fish by looking towards the surface of the water using total internal reflection

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