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1.       Light Source  Rhombus from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Protractor    White paper    Purpose    The purpose of this experiment is to determine the index  of refraction of the acrylic rhombus  For rays entering  the rhombus  you will measure the angles of incidence  and refraction and use Snell s Law to calculate the index  of refraction     Incident ray         I  4           Normal to surface    Surface       Theory    For light crossing the boundary between two transparent  materials  Snell s Law states    0   I       n sin 0    m sin 0  Refracted ray   n gt m   where 0  is the angle of incidence  0  is the angle of  refraction  and n  and n  are the respective indices of    refraction of the materials  see Figure 4 1      Figure 4 1    Procedure    1  Place the light source in ray box mode on a sheet of  white paper  Turn the wheel to select a single ray         2  Place the rhombus on the paper and position it so  the ray passes through the parallel sides as shown in  Figure 4 2     Incident ray    3  Mark the position of the parallel surfaces of the Figure 4 2  rhombus and trace the incident and transmitted rays   Indicate the incoming and the outgoing rays with arrows in the appropriate direc   tions  Carefully mark where the rays enter and leave the rhombus     4  Remove the rhombus and draw a line on the paper connecting the points where  the rays entered and left the rhombus  This line represents the ray inside the  rhombus     5  Choose eit
2.     Table 10 2  Focal Length  J  Result from x intercept 9 75 cm  Result from y intercept 10 2 cm    difference between results from intercepts 4 4   Average of results from intercepts 9 98 cm  Result from Part I 10 0 cm    difference between Average of results from intercepts and result from Part    0 2   Table 10 3  Magnification  Point 1 Point 2  M calculated from image and object distances  0 130  8 09   M  calculated from image and object sizes 0 13 8 1    difference 0  0 1                    Answers to questions     1  The image if inverted  2  The image is real because it can be viewed on a screen     3  For a given object to image distance  the two object distance image distance pairs are the inverse of each  other  which demonstrates the reversibility of light through a lens  4  The magnification is negative because the  image is inverted  5  The three determined values of f are unlikely to be exactly equal  primarily due to measure     ment error        IZEIA       47       Beginning Optics System    Teacher   s Guide       Experiment 11  Telescope    Typical results     Table 11 1  Results                                     Position of Objective Lens   63 4 cm  Position of Eyepiece Lens   102 2 cm  Position of Screen 0 0 cm  Observed magnification  5   d  1 63 4 cm  di   102 2 cm  di 29 2 cm  d 9 6 cm  Calculated Magnification  4 9  Percent Difference 296             Answers to questions  1     Further study  Image Formed by the Objective Lens     The image is inv
3.     where a clear image forms     4  By looking at the image  how can you tell that the magnification is negative     5  You made three separate determinations of f  by measuring it directly with a dis   tant object  from the x intercept of your graph  and from the y intercept   Where  these three values equal  If they were not  what might account for the variation        30    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 11  Telescope       Experiment 11  Telescope    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Bench  2 Convex Lenses   100 mm and  200 mm   Screen    Paper grid pattern  see page 41   ora 14 x 16 grid of 1 cm squares    Purpose    In this experiment  you will construct a telescope and determine its magnification                          Theory  Object  Image Eye  Lens Lens   200 mm  100 mm  Figure 11 1    An astronomical telescope consists of two convex lenses  The astronomical telescope  in this experiment will form an image in the same place as the object  see Figure  11 1      The lenses are thin compared to the other distances involved  which allows the Thin  Lens Formula to be used            eq  11 1      I   a   amp          o       where f is focal length  d  is the distance between the object and the lens  and d  is the  distance between the image and the lens     The magnification  M  of a two lens system is equal to the product of the magnifica   tions of the individual lenses           E    di  di2   eq  11 2  M   MM           gt   02    Set 
4.    Ray  Rotate the rhombus until the emerging ray just barely disappears  Just as  it disappears  the ray separates into colors  The rhombus is correctly posi   tioned if the red has just disappeared     Figure 5 3  Mark the surfaces of the rhombus  Mark exactly the point on the surface  where the ray is internally reflected  Also mark the entrance point of the  incident ray and the exit point of the reflected ray   Remove the rhombus and draw the rays that are incident upon and Exit point        reflected from the inside surface of the rhombus  See Figure 5 4  Measure  the angle between these rays using a protractor   Extend these rays to  make the protractor easier to use   Note that this angle is twice the critical  angle because the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection   Record the critical angle here     8     experimental        Reflection    Entrance   point    point    Calculate the critical angle using Snell s Law and the given index of  refraction for Acrylic  n   1 5   Record the theoretical value here  Figure 5 4    0    theoretical     Calculate the percent difference between the measured and theoretical values       difference      Questions    How does the brightness of the internally reflected ray change when the incident  angle changes from less than 0  to greater than 0      Is the critical angle greater for red light or violet light  What does this tell you  about the index of refraction        16    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 6  
5.   1       Analysis    1  Asd approaches infinity  what does 1 d  approach        PASC Cii 27    Beginning Optics SystemExperiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens       2  Use the Thin Lens Formula  Equation 10 1  to calculate the focal length     f        Part Il  Object Closer Than Infinity       In this part  you will determine the focal length by measuring several pairs of object  and image distances and plotting 1 4  versus 1 d      H un         Screen    Light source Lens       Figure 10 1    Procedure    1  Place the light source and the screen on the optics bench 1 m apart with the light  source   s crossed arrow object toward the screen  Place the lens between them   see Figure 10 1      2  Starting with the lens close to the screen  slide the lens away from the screen to a  position where a clear image of the crossed arrow object is formed on the screen   Measure the image distance and the object distance  Record these measurements   and all measurements from the following steps  in Table 10 1     3  Measure the object size and the image size for this position of the lens     4  Without moving the screen or the light source  move the lens to a second position  where the image is in focus  Measure the image distance and the object distance     5  Measure the object size and image size for this position also  Note that you will Measure object or image  not see the entire crossed arrow pattern  Instead  measure the image and object e two  f       atter
6.   1  Measure d       the distance from the object  paper pat     Table 12 1  Results       tern on screen  to the objective lens     Determine d    the distance from the eyepiece lens to  the image  Since the image is in the plane of the  object  this is equal to the distance between the eye   piece lens and the object  screen   Remember that the  image distance for a virtual image is negative     Calculate d   using d   and the focal length of the  objective lens in the Thin Lens Formula  Equation    12 1      Calculate d  by subtracting d   from the distance    Position of Objective Lens       Position of Eyepiece Lens       Position of Screen       Observed magnification       d    ol       diy       di       do         between the lenses   Calculated Magnification          5  Calculate the magnification using Equation 12 2  Percent Difference          6  Calculate the percent difference between the calcu   lated magnification and the observed value     Questions    l  Isthe image inverted or upright     2  Isthe image that you see through the microscope real or virtual     Further Study    Image Formed by the Objective Lens    Where is the image formed by the objective lens  Is it real or virtual  Us a desk lamp  to brightly illuminate the paper grid  or replace the screen with the light source s  crossed arrow object   Hold a sheet of paper vertically where you think the image is   Do you see the image  Is it inverted or upright  Remove the sheet of paper and hold a  pen
7.  Do the colored rays emerge from the rhombus parallel to each  other  Why or why not        10    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 3  Reflection       Experiment 3  Reflection    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Mirror from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Drawing compass  Protractor  Metric ruler    White paper    Purpose  In this experiment  you will study how rays are reflected from different types of mir     rors  You will measure the focal length and determine the radius of curvature of a con   cave mirror and a convex mirror     Part 1  Plane Mirror       Procedure    1  Place the light source in ray box mode on a blank sheet of  white paper  Turn the wheel to select a single ray     2  Place the mirror on the paper  Position the plane  flat  surface  of the mirror in the path of the incident ray at an angle that  allows you to clearly see the incident and reflected rays  Normal to_      surface   3  On the paper  trace and label the surface of the plane mirror  and the incident and reflected rays  Indicate the incoming and  the outgoing rays with arrows in the appropriate directions     4  Remove the light source and mirror from the paper  On the  paper  draw the normal to the surface  as in Figure 3 1      5  Measure the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection  Measure these angles  from the normal  Record the angles in the first row Table 3 1     6  Repeat steps 1 5 with a different angle of incidence 
8.  Repeat the procedure again  to complete Table 3 1 with three different angles of incidence     Table 3 1  Plane Mirror Results       Angle of Incidence Angle of Reflection                         7  Turn the wheel on the light source to select the three primary color rays  Shine  the colored rays at an angle to the plane mirror  Mark the position of the surface  of the plane mirror and trace the incident and reflected rays  Indicate the colors of    Incident ray    Reflected ray          Figure 3 1       IZEIA       11    Beginning Optics System Experiment 3  Reflection       the incoming and the outgoing rays and mark them with arrows in the appropriate  directions     Questions  1  What is the relationship between the angles of incidence and reflection     2  Are the three colored rays reversed left to right by the plane mirror        Part 2  Cylindrical Mirrors         Theory SH  R mirror    A concave cylindrical mirror focuses incoming parallel rays at its focal  m f  e    point  The focal length  f  is the distance from the focal point to the cen  ui    ter of the mirror surface  The radius of curvature  R  of the mirror is point  twice the focal length  See Figure 3 2        Procedure       Figure 3 2    1  Turn the wheel on the light source to select five parallel rays  Shine  the rays straight into the concave mirror so that the light is reflected  back toward the ray box  see Figure 3 3   Trace the surface of the  mirror and the incident and reflected rays  Indicate
9.  System    Experiment 9  Apparent Depth          26    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens       Experiment 10  Focal Length and  Magnification of a Thin Lens    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source   Bench   Converging lens of unknown focal length     Screen    Other Equipment       Metric ruler  Optics Caliper  optional  for measuring image sizes   PASCO part OS 8468      Instructors  see note on page 46     Purpose    The purpose of this experiment is to determine the focal length of a thin lens  and to  measure the magnification for a certain combination of object and image distances     Theory    For a thin lens            eq  10 1     lt  a  Sl    o  A    where fis focal length  d  is the distance between the object and the lens  and d  is the  distance between the image and the lens  By measuring d  and d  the focal length can  be determined     Magnification  M  is the ratio of image size to object size  If the image is inverted  M  is negative     Part I  Object at Infinity       In this part  you will determine the focal length of the lens by making a single mea   surement of d  with d   o     Procedure    1  Hold the lens in one hand and the screen in the other hand  Focus the image of a  distant bright object  such as a window or lamp across the room  on the screen     2  Have your partner measure the distance from the lens to the screen  This is the  image distance  di     d     
10.  depth  d  of the bottom sur    gt  1  face of the block is less than the actual thickness  f  of the  block  The apparent depth is given by   eq  9 1  d  t  n bottom                        z Figure 9 1  where n is the index of refraction of the material     Part 1  Parallax Method    Background    Place this page flat on the table in front of you  Hold a pencil horizontally a few centi   meters above the paper  With one eye closed or covered  look down at the pencil and  move your head side to side  without moving the pencil   Notice how the pencil  appears to move relative to the words printed on the paper  this phenomenon is known  as parallax  Now hold the tip of the pencil on the paper and check for parallax  When  there is no parallax between to objects  they are at the same distance from you     Procedure    1  Place a blank sheet of paper flat on the table  Use a straight edge and pencil to  draw a vertical line on the paper  Place the rhombus on the paper over the line as  shown in Figure 9 2        IZEIA    23    Beginning Optics System    Experiment 9  Apparent Depth       Paper             Rhombus    Figure 9 2    With both eyes  look down through the top of the rhombus  Does the line viewed  through the rhombus appear to be closer  Close or cover one eye  and move your  head side to side  Do you see parallax between the line viewed through the rhom   bus and the line viewed directly     In this step  you will hold a pencil near the rhombus to determine the positi
11.  in ray box mode on a white sheet of paper  Turn the wheel  to select three parallel rays  Shine the rays straight into the convex lens  see Fig   ure 8 2      Note  The lens has one flat edge  Place the flat edge on the paper so the lens stands stably  without rocking     Incoming rays         gt  gt        gt  gt     Concave lens    Figure 8 2       IZEIA       21    Beginning Optics System Experiment 8  Lensmaker   s Equation       2  Trace around the surface of the lens and trace the incident and transmitted rays   Indicate the incoming and the outgoing rays with arrows in the appropriate direc   tions     3  Remove the lens  To measure the focal length  use a ruler to extend the outgoing  diverging rays straight back through the lens  The focal point is where these  extended rays cross  Measure the distance from the center of the lens to the focal  point  Record the result as a negative value     f   measured directly        4  To determine the radius of curvature  put the concave lens back in the path  of the rays and observe the faint reflected rays off the first surface of the  lens  The front of the lens can be treated as a concave mirror having a  radius of curvature equal to twice the focal length of the effective mirror   see Figure 8 3                  Trace the surface of the lens and mark the point where the central ray hits Concave lens  the surface  Block the central ray and mark the point where the two outer Figure 8 3  Reflected rays from  rays cross  Measu
12.  is bent a different amount     The rhombus is made of acrylic which has an index of refraction of 1 497 for light of  wavelength 486 nm in a vacuum  blue light   1 491 for wavelength 589 nm  yellow    and 1 489 for wavelength 651 nm  red   In general for visible light  index of refrac     tion increases with increasing frequency     Procedure    1  Place the light source in ray box mode on a sheet of blank white paper  Turn the    wheel to select a single white ray         Color  spectrum    Single white ray    Normal to surface      Figure 2 2    2  Position the rhombus as shown in Figure 2 2  The acute angled end of the rhom   bus is used as a prism in this experiment  Keep the ray near the point of the rhom     bus for maximum transmission of the light           Refracted ray   n4   nj     Figure 2 1  Refraction of Light       IZEIA      Beginning Optics System Experiment 2  Prism       Rotate the rhombus until the angle  0  of the emerging ray is as large as possible  and the ray separates into colors      a  What colors do you see  In what order are they    b  Which color is refracted at the largest angle      c  According to Snell   s Law and the information given about the frequency  dependence of the index of refraction for acrylic  which color is predicted to  refract at the largest angle     Without repositioning the light source  turn the wheel to select the three primary  color rays  The colored rays should enter rhombus at the same angle that the  white ray did 
13.  light is not the same as mixing paint  The mixing of colored light  is additive mixing  the mixing of paint is subtractive mixing  2  In this experiment the mixture of red  green  and  blue does not look pure white to most people  To produce white light  the three colors must be present in a spe   cific ratios of intensities     Part 2  typical results     Table 1 2  Colored Ink Observed Under Colored Light                         Color of Light Line Apparent Color of Ink Do they look different  Actual Color of Ink  A Black Red  Blue Light Yes  slightly  B Black Black  C Black Blue  Red Light Yes  slightly  D Black Black                          Step 4  Under red light  black ink is easier to see than red  red ink appears nearly the same color as white paper     Part 2  answers to questions  1  Red ink appears red because it reflects red light and absorbs other colors   Under blue light  red ink absorbs most of the visible light  2  Under red light  red ink is difficult to see because  both ink and paper reflect most of the visible light     Experiment 2  Prism    Notes on procedure   Step 3   a  Red  Orange  Yellow  Green and Blue are seen in that order   b  Blue is  refracted at the largest angle  c  Blue is predicted to refract at the largest angle because its index of refraction is  largest   Step 4  When colored rays enter the prism  they do not emerge parallel to each other because of their  differing indices of refraction        IZEIA   43    Beginning Optics System T
14.  mm  Using the ray tracing method  the points at  which the rays crossed had a larger uncertainty due to the thickness of the light beams  2  For the typical data  above  the percent differences between the accepted and experimental values of n are 0 7  for Part 1 and 5  for  Part 2     Experiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens    Note on equipment  Provide students with the  100 mm mounted lens  Cover the focal length indicated on  the label  Other converging lenses will work  but you may have to modify the light source to screen values given  in Table 10 1     Part 1  For a distant object  1 4  approaches zero  therefore the image will form clearly with a lens to screen  distance of d   f   10 cm        46 IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459    Teacher   s Guide       Part 2  Typical results     Table 10 1  Image and Object Distances                                                                                                                Distance from  light source to d  di Vd  Vd   screen  cm   cm   cm    cm   Image Size Object Size  88 5 11 5 0 0113 0 0870 5 5 mm 42 mm  100 cm  11 0 89 0 0 0909 0 0112 81 mm 10 mm  78 3 11 7 0 0128 0 0855  90 cm  11 8 78 7 0 0885 0 0127  68 0 12 0 0 0147 0 0833  80 cm  11 5 68 5 0 0870 0 0146  57 7 12 3 0 0173 0 0813  70 cm  11 9 58 1 0 0840 0 0172  47 1 12 9 0 0212 0 0775  60 cm  12 3 47 7 0 0813 0 0210  36 0 14 0 0 0278 0 0714  50 cm  13 4 36 6 0 0746 0 0273  y intercept   1 f   0 0977 em   x intercept   1 f   0 103 cm  
15.  move relative to each other  This effect is known as parallax     Open both eyes  Look with one eye through the lenses at the image and with  the other eye past the lenses at the object  see Figure 12 3   The lines of the  image  solid lines shown in Figure 12 4  will be superimposed on the lines of  the object  shown as dotted lines in Figure 12 4   Move your head left and  right or up and down by about a centimeter  As you move your head  the lines  of the image may move relative to the lines of the object due to the parallax   Adjust the eyepiece lens to eliminate parallax  Do not move the objective  lens  When there is no parallax  the lines in the center of the lens appear to be  stuck to the object lines     at the object and not through the objective lens     3     4     Record the positions of the lenses and the object in Table 12 1     Estimate the magnification of your microscope by counting the number of object  squares that lie along one side of one image square  To do this  you must view the  image through the microscope with one eye while looking directly at the object    with the other eye  Remember that magnification is negative for an inverted  image  Record the observed magnification in Table 12 1                                                              Figure 12 4       36    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459    Experiment 12  Microscope       Analysis    To calculate the magnification complete the following steps and record the answers in    Table 12 1   
16.  of the surrounding medium     8  Lensmaker   s Equation  page 21   Determine the focal length of a concave lens  by measuring its radius of curvature     9  Apparent Depth  page 23   Measure the apparent depth of the rhombus and  determine its index of refraction by comparing the apparent depth to the actual    thickness     Optics Bench Experiments These experiments use the Optics Bench  Mounted  Lenses  and Viewing Screen  Experiments 10 and 13 also use the Light Source     10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens  page 27   Determine the  focal length of a converging lens by forming an image on the viewing screen     11  Telescope  page 31   Construct a telescope and determine its magnification   12  Microscope  page 35   Construct a microscope and determine its magnification     13  Shadows  page 39   Show the umbra and the penumbra of a shadow        IZEIA       Beginning Optics System About the Experiments          6 IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459    Experiment 1  Color Addition       Experiment 1  Color Addition    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Convex Lens from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Red  blue  and black pens    Blank white paper    Purpose    In Part 1 of this experiment  you will discover the results of  mixing red  green  and blue light in different combinations   In Part 2  you will compare the appearance of red  blue  and    black ink illuminated by red and blue light        Part 1  Addition 
17.  the incoming  and the outgoing rays with arrows in the appropriate directions    You can now remove the light source and mirror from the paper      2  The place where the five reflected rays cross each other is the focal  point of the mirror  Mark the focal point     Incident rays    3  Measure the focal length from the center of the concave mirror sur   face  where the middle ray hit the mirror  to the focal point  Record  the result in Table 3 2        4  Use acompass to draw a circle that matches the curvature of the  mirror  you will have to make several tries with the compass set to Figure 3 3  different widths before you find the right one   Measure the radius  of curvature and record it in Table 3 2     5  Repeat steps 1   4 for the convex mirror  Note that in step 3  the reflected rays will  diverge  and they will not cross  Use a ruler to extend the reflected rays back  behind the mirror s surface  The focal point is where these extended rays cross     Table 3 2  Cylindrical Mirror Results       Concave Mirror Convex Mirror       Focal Length       Radius of Curvature   determined using compass                    Questions    1  Whatis the relationship between the focal length of a cylindrical mirror and its  radius of curvature  Do your results confirm your answer     2  Whatis the radius of curvature of a plane mirror        12 IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 4  Snell s Law       Experiment 4  Snell s Law    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System 
18. Convex and Concave Lenses       Experiment 6  Convex and Concave Lenses    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Convex Lens from Ray Optics Kit  Concave Lens from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Metric ruler    Purpose    In this experiment  you will explore the difference between convex and concave  lenses and determine their focal lengths     Theory    When parallel light rays pass through a thin lens  they emerge either converging or  diverging  The point where the converging rays  or their extensions  cross is the focal  point of the lens  The focal length of the lens is the distance from the center of the lens  to the focal point  If the rays diverge  the focal length is negative     Procedure  1  Place the light source in ray box mode on a white sheet of paper  Turn the wheel Incoming fays  to select three parallel rays  Shine the rays straight into the convex lens  see Fig      gt  gt   ure 6 1   a  Note  The lenses used in this experiment have one flat edge  Place the flat edge on the Convex lens  paper so the lens stands stably without rocking     Figure 6 1    2  Trace around the surface of the lens and trace the incident and transmitted rays   Indicate the incoming and the outgoing rays with arrows in the appropriate direc   tions     3  The point where the outgoing rays cross is the focal point of the lens  Measure  the focal length from the center of the lens to the focal point  Record the result in  Table 6 1     T
19. D    Instruction Manual with  ly  SCO Experiment Guide and  Teachers    Notes   012 09655A    Beginning Optics System  OS 8459                               800 772 8700 www pasco com    Basic Optics System Table of Contents       Contents  Introd OTIO artrite teste De soles ond Byte a ae a eto tn Doa pM R 3  About the EQUIPMENT s rihanna estas Banged ee ALL 4  AboubtheExpernmelnlleu    osse as veeri oue eta eap wes eta ene eae ees 4  Experiment 12 Goler Addillon   iie elESr EeDRIIPARSSTIESERDAIS EE TREND EAS BRI 7  Experiment 2  Prism  as arenes  foi oerte dius qub tud we s al sce a dine ia 9  Experiment 3  Reflection 252 4 ole hort otek oe RM Ree bete er dec E i 11  Experiment 4  Sells Laws 2 52  aS ESTER ede sends coats da aes SS 13  Experiment 5  Total Internal Reflection                  0 00  eee eee 15  Experiment 6  Convex and Concave Lense  S            000  cece eee eee eee 17  Experiment Zr Hollow LenS s  3 trt ES tae teet Eee 19  Experiment 8  Lensmaker s Equation    00 cee eee eee eee 21  Experiment 9  Apparent Depth                  0 00  ee eee 23  Experiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens                    27  Experiment 11  Telescope ete a ce TR SER SEEN Pe PR Ee BD A wees 31  Experiment 12  Microscope tto cuci sien cece dr trennt deu ar gear oe aod de un 35  Expenment 13  SImadoWS   sue dit bi Aha eater 39  Telescope and Microscope Test Pattern    41  Teachers Glide  c rubeo MR AT e Ger teh UMA Atte DU DIN Lob eof a tae cake ih  43    FeC
20. Hnical  SUDO sus s het ae ee Gee d Vit end 51    Beginning Optics System    OS 8459                L   Included Equipment Part Number  1  1 2 m Optics Bench OS 8508   2  Viewing Screen OS 8467   3   100 mm Mounted Lens 003 07204   4   200 mm Mounted Lens 003 07205   5  Light Source OS 8470   6  Ray Optics Kit with  OS 8516A    a  Storage Box Water Tank 740 177    b  Mirror 636 05100  c  Hollow Lens OS 8511   d  Convex Lens 636 05501  e  Concave Lens 636 05502  f  Acrylic Rhombus 636 05611    Introduction    The PASCO Beginning Optics System contains the optics components you will need for a variety of experiments  and demonstrations  This manual includes student instructions and teacher   s notes for 13 typical experiments     For an even greater variety  you can expand the system with any of the Beginning Optics kits and components  available from PASCO  including lasers  polarizers  diffraction slits  and light sensors  See the PASCO Physics  catalog or visit www pasco com for details        IZEIA    3    Beginning Optics System About the Equipment          About the Equipment    For detailed information on the Light Source and Ray Optics Kit  see the instruction sheets  included with those components     Optics Bench Basic Optics components  such as mounted lenses and the adjust    able lens holder  snap into the wide central channel of the optics bench  Place the base  of the component on the bench and push down firmly to snap it in place  To move it   squeeze the tab on 
21. Up    1  Tape the paper grid pattern to the screen to serve as the object     2  The  200 mm lens is the objective lens  the one closer to the object   The  100  mm lens is the eyepiece lens  the one closer to the eye   Place the lenses near one       IZEIA   31    Beginning Optics System Experiment 11  Telescope       end of the optics bench and place the screen on the other end  see Figure 11 2    Their exact positions do not matter yet      200 mm  100 mm  objective lens eyepiece lens    Screen                      uri    ee eS eee  Figure 11 2    Procedure    1  Put your eye close to the eyepiece lens and look through both lenses at the grid  pattern on the screen  Move the objective lens to bring the image into focus     Objective Eyepiece    Screen lens lens           gt    Right eye                       gt    Left eye    Figure 11 3       2  In this step  you will adjust your telescope to make the image occur in the  same place as the object  To do this  you will look at both image and object at  the same time and judge their relative positions by moving your head side to  side  If the image and object are not in the same place  then they will appear    to move relative to each other  This effect is known as parallax  a m                                  Open both eyes  Look with one eye through the lenses at the image and with 73  the other eye past the lenses at the object  see Figure 11 3   The lines of the  image  solid lines shown in Figure 11 4  will be superimp
22. able 6 1  Results       Convex Lens Concave Lens       Focal Length                   4  Repeat the procedure with the concave lens  Note that in step 3  the rays leaving  the lens are diverging and do not cross  Use a ruler to extend the outgoing rays  straight back through the lens  The focal point is where these extended rays cross    Remember to record the focal length as a negative number         IZEIA   17    Beginning Optics System    Experiment 6  Convex and Concave Lenses       Nest the convex and concave lenses together and place them in the path of the  parallel rays  see Figure 6 2   Trace the rays  Are the outgoing rays converging   diverging or parallel  What does this tell you about the relationship between the  focal lengths of these two lenses     Slide the convex and concave lenses apart by a few centimeters and observe the  effect  Then reverse the order of the lenses  Trace at least one pattern of this type   What is the effect of changing the distance between the lenses  What is the effect  of reversing their positions     Figure 6 2       18    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 7  Hollow Lens       Experiment 7  Hollow Lens    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Hollow Lens from Ray Optics Kit  Box from Ray Optics Kit  with lenses and foam insert removed     Other Equipment       Water   Paper towels   White paper   Double sided adhesive tape    Eye dropper  optional  for removing water from the hollow lens     Purp
23. al length that you found in Part I  Record these data in Table 10 2     Table 10 2  Focal Length          Result from x intercept       Result from y intercept       96 difference between results from intercepts       Average of results from intercepts       Result from Part I         difference between Average of results from intercepts and result from Part                  Analysis Part B  Magnification  1  Forthe first two data points only  the first two lines of Table 10 2   use image and    object distances to calculate the magnification  M  at each position of the lens   Record the results in Table 10 3     d    eq  10 2  M             IZEIA   29    Beginning Optics SystemExperiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens       2  Calculate the absolute value of M  for each of the two lens positions  using your  measurements of the image size and object size  Record the results in Table 10 3      eq  10 3  IM    image size  object size    3  Calculate the percent differences between the absolute values of M found using  the two methods  Record the results in Table 10 3     Table 10 3  Magnification       Point 1    Point 2       M calculated from image and object distances        M  calculated from image and object sizes         difference                   QUESTIONS    1  Is the image formed by the lens upright or inverted   2  Is the image real or virtual  How do you know     3  Explain why  for a given screen to object distance  there are two lens positions
24. base and slide it along the bench     Components that include a square bolt and a thumb screw are designed to be fasted to  the T slots on the sides and center of the bench  Slide the bolt into the T slot  insert the       thumb screw through the component   s mounting hold  thread the screw into the bolt metric scale for  and tighten it down  measuring component  positions       Use the metric scale on the bench to measure the positions of components        Light Source The included light source can be used on a tabletop or mounted on  the bench  It functions as a bright point source  an illuminated crossed arrow object  a  primary color source  and a ray box with up to five parallel rays     Mounted Lenses The Beginning Optics System includes two lenses mounted in  holders  Use them on the optics bench with the light source  viewing screen  and other  Basic Optics components                 Viewing Screen Mount the screen on the bench to view real images formed by  lenses     Ray Optics Kit The ray optics kit is a set of optics components designed for use  with the light source in ray box mode  To make the rays easy to see and trace  use the  ray optics components on a white sheet of paper on a flat table top  The transparent  storage box doubles as a water tank for studying lenses under water     About the Experiments    The experiment instructions on the following pages are arranged and categorized  according to which components of the Beginning Optics System they use  Se
25. bject  Adjust the distance  between the lenses to focus the telescope  Estimate the observed magnification     Now calculated the magnification by taking the ratio of the focal lengths of the lenses   Compare the calculated magnification to the observed magnification     How is the distance between the lenses related to their focal lengths        LEIHO   33    Beginning Optics System    Experiment 11  Telescope          34    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 12  Microscope       Experiment 12  Microscope    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Bench  2 Convex Lenses   100 mm and  200 mm   Screen    Paper grid pattern  see page 41   ora 14 x 16 grid of 1 cm squares  Purpose  In this experiment  you will construct a microscope and determine its magnification     Theory                            Image  Lens Lens   100 mm  200 mm  Figure 12 1    A microscope magnifies an object that is close to the objective lens  The microscope  in this experiment will form an image in the same place as the object  see Figure  12 1      The lenses are thin compared to the other distances involved  which allows the Thin  Lens Formula to be used            eq  12 1      I   a   amp          o       where f is focal length  d  is the distance between the object and the lens  and d  is the  distance between the image and the lens     The magnification  M  of a two lens system is equal to the product of the magnifica   tions of the individual lenses           E    di  di2   
26. cil in the same place  Look through eyepiece lens  you will see two images  one of  the pencil and one of the grid pattern  Are both images inverted  Use parallax to  determine the location of the pencil image     Increasing Magnification    While looking through your microscope  move the objective lens a few centimeters  closer to the object  Which way do you have to move the eyepiece lens to keep the  image in focus  How close can you move the objective lens and still see a clear  image   Make a pencil mark on the paper grid so you have something very small to  focus on   What is the theoretical limit to how close you can move the objective lens        IZEIA      37       Beginning Optics System    Experiment 12  Microscope          38    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 13  Shadows       Experiment 13  Shadows    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System  2 systems needed        2 Benches  2 Light Sources  1 Screen    Purpose    The purpose of this experiment is to show the umbra  darker part  and the penumbra   lighter part  of the shadow     Set Up    1  Place the two optics benches beside each other     2  Put one light source on each bench with the point source  circular hole  facing  the other end of the bench     3  Place the screen on one of the benches at the opposite end to the light sources     Procedure  1  Plug in only one of the light sources     2  Hold a pencil about 5 cm away from the screen so its shadow is cast on the  screen  Now turn the l
27. e the  table at the top of each experiment for a detailed list of required equipment  Teachers     notes  including typical data and answers to questions  can be found starting on   page 43     The experiments that call for the light source work best in a dimly lit room     Ray Optics Kit Experiments These experiments use the Ray Optics Kit  the  Light Source  in ray box mode   and may require blank white paper  a ruler  protrac   tor  and drawing compass     1  Color Addition  page 7   Explore the results of mixing colored light and illumi   nating colored ink with colored light     2  Prism  page 9   Show how a prism separates white light into its component col   ors and show that different colors are refracted at different angles through a  prism     3  Reflection  page 11   Show how rays are reflected from plane  concave  and con   vex mirrors        4 IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459 About the Experiments       4  Snell s Law  page 13   Determine the index of refraction of acrylic by measuring  angles of incidence and refraction of a ray passing through the rhombus     5  Total Internal Reflection  page 15   Determine the critical angle at which total  internal reflection occurs in the rhombus     6  Convex and Concave Lenses  page 17   Use ray tracing to determine the focal  lengths of lenses     7  Hollow Lens  page 19   Use the hollow lens and water to explore how the prop   erties of a lens are related to its shape  its index of refraction  and the index of    refraction
28. eacher   s Guide       Experiment 3  Reflection    Part 1  typical results     Table 3 1  Plane Mirror Results                Angle of Incidence Angle of Reflection  9 0   9 2    16 8   16 5    19 0   37 8                  Part 1  answers to questions  1  The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are equal  2  The three  colored rays are not reversed by the mirror     Part 2  typical results     Table 3 2  Cylindrical Mirror Results             Concave Mirror Convex Mirror  Focal Length 6 2 cm 6 4 cm  Radius of Curvature 13 3 cm 13 2 cm   determined using compass                    The actual radius of both curved mirrors is about 12 5 cm     Part 2  answers to questions  1  The radius of curvature is twice the focal length for a cylindrical mirror   The typical experimental results confirm this  2  The radius of curvature of a plane mirror approaches infinity     Experiment 4  Snell   s Law    Typical results     Table 4 1  Data and Results                         Angle of Incidence Angle of Refraction Calculated index of refraction of  acrylic  38 0   26 0   1 40  51 2   33 8   1 40  22 0   14 4   1 51  Average 1 44   4  deviation from accepted value              Answer to question  The ray leaves the rhombus at the same angle it entered     Experiment 5  Total Internal Reflection    Typical results      Step 5  Measured critical angle  0    41 0     Step 6  Calculated critical angle  0    sin   1 n    sin   1 1 5    41 8    Step 7    Difference   1 9     Answers t
29. edict  whether a plano concave lens of unknown material will be diverging or converging under water because its index  of refraction may be less than or greater than that of water     Experiment 8  Lensmaker   s Equation  Typical results    Step 3  Measured focal length  f      12 0 cm     Step 4  Measured focal distance of reflected rays  R 2   6 0 cm  Radius of curvature  R      12 0 cm   Step 5  Calculated focal length     f    n  1D 1 R  1 R T      1 5   1  1   12 0 cm    1   12 0 cm      12 1 cm   Step 6    Difference  0 8     The actual radius of curvature or the lens is about    12 7 cm        IZEIA    45       Beginning Optics System Teacher   s Guide       Experiment 9  Apparent Depth    Typical results     Table 1 1  Results                   d t n  Part 1  Parallax method 2 12 cm 3 18 cm 1 50  Part 2  Ray tracing method 2 23 cm 3 18 cm 1 43                Typical ray tracing results are represented at  50  scale in Figure TG 1  The gray regions  represent the actual light beams  the black  lines and dots represent the student   s actual  marks  Notice that this student traced along the 2 23 cm  edges of the light beams           The actual thickness of the rhombus is   t   3 175   0 025 cm  Based on the accepted  value of n   1 49  the theoretical apparent  depth is d   2 13           Figure TG 1    Answers to questions  1  Of the two methods  the parallax method is the more precise  Using that method   both d and t could be measured with a precision of less than 1
30. eq  12 2  M   MM           gt   02    Set Up    1  Tape the paper grid pattern to the screen to serve as the object     2  The  100 mm lens is the objective lens  the one closer to the object   The  200  mm lens is the eyepiece lens  the one closer to the eye   Place the lenses near the       IZEIA   35    Beginning Optics System    Experiment 12  Microscope       middle of the optics bench and place the screen near the end of the bench  see    Figure 12 2       100 mm  200 mm  objective lens eyepiece lens    Screen                         a es ee ae    Figure 12 2    Procedure    1     Put your eye close to the eyepiece lens and look through both lenses at the grid    pattern on the screen  Move the objective lens to bring the image into focus     Objective Eyepiece                                  Screen lens lens   gt    Right eye   gt    Left eye  Figure 12 3  2  In this step  you will adjust your microscope to make the image occur in the    Note  Even when there is no parallax  the lines may appear to move near the edges of the lens  because of lens aberrations  Concentrate on the part of the image seen through the centers of  the lenses  Be sure that the eye looking at the object  the left eye in Figure 12 3  is looking directly    same place as the object  To do this  you will look at both image and object at  the same time and judge their relative positions by moving your head side to  side  If the image and object are not in the same place  then they will appear   to
31. erted  2  It is a virtual image     The objective lens forms a real  upright image     to see it  hold a sheet of paper at distance d   from the objective  When a pencil is placed at this location  it s vir   tual image  viewed through the eyepiece lens  coincides with the virtual image of the grid pattern viewed through    both lenses     Further study  Object at Infinity  When adjusted for a distant object  the distance between the lenses is  equal to the sum of the focal lengths     Experiment 12  Microscope    Typical results     Table 12 1  Results                                     Position of Objective Lens   20 9 cm  Position of Eyepiece Lens   54 9 cm  Position of Screen 0 0 cm  Observed magnification  3   dol 20 9 cm  din  54 9 cm  di 19 2 cm  do  14 8 cm  Calculated Magnification  3 41  Percent Difference 12              Answers to questions  1  The image is inverted  2  It is a virtual image     Further study  Image Formed by the Objective Lens     The objective lens forms a real  upright image     to see it  hold a sheet of paper at distance d   from the objective  When a pencil is placed at this location  it s vir        48    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Teacher   s Guide       tual image  viewed through the eyepiece lens  coincides with the virtual image of the grid pattern viewed through  both lenses     Further study  Increasing Magnification  As the objective lens is moved closer to the object  the eye   piece must be moved further away  In practice  the 
32. experiment  you will determine the critical angle at which total internal reflec   tion occurs in the acrylic rhombus and confirm your result using Snell   s Law         Theory    Incident ray Reflected ray    For light crossing the boundary between two transpar   ent materials  Snell   s Law states    nysin 0    m sin 8  ny Surface       n    NES   2  where 0  is the angle of incidence  0  is the angle of  refraction  and n  and n  are the respective indices of    refraction of the materials  see Figure 5 1   Refracted ray     n gt m        9        In this experiment  you will study a ray as it passes out    of the rhombus  from acrylic  n   1 5  to air  n      1   Figure 5 1  If the incident angle  0   is greater than the critical   angle  0    there is no refracted ray and total internal   reflection occurs  If 0    0   the angle of the refracted    ray  05  is 90    as in Figure 5 2     In this case  Snell   s Law states     Incident ray Reflected ray        n sin 0    1 sin 90      Solving for the sine of critical angle gives        sin 0    1 Nair Refracted ray  n    90      ae    Figure 5 2          IZEIA    15    Beginning Optics System Experiment 5  Total Internal Reflection       Procedure          Place the light source in ray box mode on a sheet of white paper  Turn the Reflected  wheel to select a single ray  ray a    Position the rhombus as shown in Figure 5 3  with the ray entering the      Incident  rhombus at least 2 cm from the tip  neigen    ray Refracted 
33. g section 1    filled    with air   Record your observation  in Table 7 1     Repeat this step with air in different section of the lens to complete Table 7 1     Questions    1  Under what conditions is a plano convex lens converging  Under what condi   tions is it diverging     2  Ifa plano concave lens of an unknown material is a diverging lens when sur   rounded by air  is it possible to know whether the lens will be converging or  diverging when placed in water  Explain        20 IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459    Experiment 8  Lensmaker   s Equation       Experiment 8  Lensmaker   s Equation    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Concave Lens from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Metric ruler    Purpose  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 curva   ture and using the lensmaker   s equation     Theory    The lensmaker   s equation is used to calculate the focal length  in air or a vacuum   f   of a lens based on the radii of curvature of its surfaces  R  and R5  and the index of  refraction  n  of the lens material     1 ded     D  R R    In this notation  R is positive for a convex surface  as viewed from outside the lens   and R is negative for a concave surface  as in Figure 7 1       eq  8 1          Double      Concave      Lens               Figure 8 1    Procedure    1  Place the light source
34. her the point where the ray enters the rhombus or the point where the  ray leaves the rhombus  At this point  draw the normal to the surface     6  Measure the angle of incidence  0   and the angle of refraction with a protractor     Both of these angles should be measured from the normal  Record the angles in  the first row of Table 4 1     PASC Cii 13       Beginning Optics System    Experiment 4  Snell   s Law       7  On a new sheet of paper  repeat steps 2 6 with a different angle of incidence     Repeat these steps again with a third angle of incidence  The first two columns of    Table 4 1 should now be filled     Table 4 1  Data and Results       Angle of Incidence Angle of Refraction    Calculated index of refraction of  acrylic                      Analysis    1  For each row of Table 4 1  use Snell s Law to calculate the index of refraction   assuming the index of refraction of air is 1 0     2  Average the three values of the index of refraction  Compare the average to the       Average           accepted value  n   1 5  by calculating the percent difference     Question    What is the angle of the ray that leaves the rhombus relative to the ray that enters it        14    IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 5  Total Internal Reflection       Experiment 5  Total Internal Reflection    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Rhombus from Ray Optics Kit    Other Required Equipment       Protractor    White paper    Purpose    In this 
35. ight source around so the crossed arrow illuminates the  pencil and screen  How does the shadow change     3  Rotate the light source back to the point source position  Plug in the second light  source  Make a sketch of the shadow of the pencil  Label the umbra and the pen   umbra     4  Move the pencil away and toward the screen  How does the shadow change   5  Block the light from each point source in succession to determine which part of    the shadow is caused by each light source  Indicate your observation on your  sketch        LEIHO   39    Beginning Optics System    Experiment 13  Shadows          40    IZEIA       Telescope and Microscope Test Pattern    Model No  OS 8459       Telescope and Microscope Test Pattern    Attach a copy of this pattern to the viewing screen for experiments 11 and 12        1cm grid       41    IZEIA       Beginning Optics System    Telescope and Microscope Test Pattern          42    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Teacher   s Guide       Teacher   s Guide    Experiment 1  Color Addition    Note on procedure  Student s expectation may differ from actual results  Encourage them to carefully  observe the resulting colors and describe them accurately     Part 1  typical results     Table 1 1  Results of Colored Light Addition                      Colors Added Resulting Color  red   blue   green slightly bluish white  red   blue pink purple  red   green yellow orange  green   blue bluish green             Part 1  answers to questions  1  Mixing
36. n features  sizes as the distance between two index marks on the pattern  see Figure 10 2 for    example                 L    6  Repeat steps 2 and 4 with light source to screen distances of 90 cm  80 cm  70  cm  60 cm  and 50 cm  For each light source to screen distance  find two lens m  positions where clear images are formed   You don t need to measure image and    object sizes                               Analysis Part A  Focal Length    1  Calculate l d  and 1 d  for all 12 rows in Table 10 1  NI   A    2  Plot 1 d  versus 1 d  and find the best fit line  linear fit   This will give a straight    line with the x  and y intercepts equal to 1 f  Record the intercepts  including  units  here                    Figure 10 2    y intercept   1 f         x intercept   1 f         Note  You can plot the data and find the best fit line by hand on paper or on a computer        28 IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 10  Focal Length and Magnification of a Thin Lens       Table 10 1  Image and Object Distances       Distance from    light source to  screen d  d  l d  l d  Image Size Object Size          100 cm                90 cm          80 cm          70 cm          60 cm          50 cm                         3  Foreach intercept  calculate a value of f and record it in Table 10 2     4  Find the percent difference between these two values of f and record them in  Table 10 2     5  Average these two values of f  Find the percent difference between this average  and the foc
37. ne of the       object  this is equal to the distance between the eye  Position of Screen       piece lens and the object  screen   Remember that the   Observed magnification       image distance for a virtual image is negative              d  ol  3  Calculate d   using d   and the focal length of the d  objective lens in the Thin Lens Formula  Equation i2  11 1      diy  4  Calculate d   by subtracting d  from the distance do        between the lenses   Calculated Magnification             5  Calculate the magnification using Equation 11 2  Percent Difference          6  Calculate the percent difference between the calcu   lated magnification and the observed value     Questions  1  Isthe image inverted or upright     2  Isthe image that you see through the telescope real or virtual     Further Study  Image Formed by the Objective Lens    Where is the image formed by the objective lens  Is it real or virtual  Use a desk lamp  to brightly illuminate the paper grid  or replace the screen with the light source s  crossed arrow object   Hold a sheet of paper vertically where you think the image is   Do you see the image  Is it inverted or upright  Remove the sheet of paper and hold a  pencil in the same place  Look through eyepiece lens  you will see two images  one of  the pencil and one of the grid pattern  Are both images inverted  Use parallax to  determine the location of the pencil image     Object at Infinity    Remove the screen and look through the lenses at a distant o
38. nly the outside two rays  as in Figure 9 4  but do not put the  rhombus there yet      Note  The lens has one flat edge  Place the flat edge on the paper so the lens stands stably  without rocking     Figure 9 3       24    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 9  Apparent Depth       2  Mark the place on the paper where the two rays cross each other                        3  Position the rhombus as shown in Figure 9 4  The    bottom    surface of the   f    top     rhombus must be exactly at the point where the two rays cross  The crossed pa   surface  rays simulate rays that originate at an object on the    bottom    of the block  t g  i j   io      4  Trace the rhombus and trace the rays diverging from the    top    surface  botom   5  Remove the rhombus and light source  Trace the diverging rays back into the  rhombus  The point where these rays cross  inside the rhombus  is the appar   ent position of the    bottom    of the rhombus when viewed through the    top     re   Analysis  Mirror  d  1  Measure the apparent depth  d  and record it in Table 9 1  eee       2  Use Equation 9 1 to calculate the index of refraction and record your result Figure 9 4  in Table 9 1   Questions    1  Of the two methods that you used to determine d  which one is more precise   Explain     2  The accepted value of the index of refraction of acrylic is n   1 49  What was the  percent difference between the accepted value and each of your two results        IZEIA    25    Beginning Optics
39. o questions  1  The internally reflected ray becomes much brighter when the incident angle is  larger than the critical angle  2  The critical angle is greater for red light  This tells us that the index of refraction  is smaller        44    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Teacher   s Guide       Experiment 6  Convex and Concave Lenses    Typical results     Table 6 1  Results       Convex Lens Concave Lens                   Focal Length 13 75 cm  12 1 cm        Step 5  When the lenses are nested together  parallel rays entering the lenses emerge nearly parallel  this tells us  that the focal lengths are of approximately equal magnitude and opposite sign   Step 6  By moving the lenses  apart  the spacing of the rays can be changed  but they remain nearly parallel     Experiment 7  Hollow Lens    Typical results     Table 7 1  Predictions and Observations                               Lens Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Prediction Observation  surrounded by    filled with    filled with    filled with   converging or diverging   converging or diverging    Water Air Air diverging   Air Water Air converging     Air Air Water converging  Water Air Water diverging   Air Water Water converging  Water Water Air Water diverging  Water Water Air diverging                      Answers to questions  1  A plano convex lens is converging when it has a higher index of refraction than  the surrounding medium  It is diverging when it has a lower index of refraction  2  It is not possible to pr
40. objective can be moved to within about 13 cm before distor     tion from lens aberrations becomes significant  The theoretical limit is 10 cm  or the focal length of the objective  lens     Experiment 13  Shadows    When the pencil is illuminated by the point source  the shadow appears sharper than when illuminated by a dis   tributed light source  the crossed arrow object   When illuminated by both point sources  the pencil casts two  shadows  The area where the shadows overlap is the umbra  The areas of partial shadow are the penumbra  By  moving the pencil toward the screen  the relative size of the umbra is increased  By moving the pencil away from  the screen  the umbra is decreased until the two shadow separate entirely        IZEIA    49    Beginning Optics System    Teacher   s Guide          50    IZEIA       Model No  OS 8459 Technical Support       Technical Support    For assistance with any PASCO product  contact PASCO at     Address  PASCO scientific  10101 Foothills Blvd   Roseville  CA 95747 7100    Phone  916 786 3800  worldwide   800 772 8700  U S      Fax   916  786 3292  Web  WWW pasco com    Email  support pasco com    Limited Warranty  For a description of the product warranty  see the PASCO catalog     Copyright   The PASCO scientific 012 09655A Beginning Optics System Instruction Manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved  Permission is  granted to non profit educational institutions for reproduction of any part of this manual  providing the reprod
41. of Colored Light    Procedure    1  Turn the wheel on the light source to select the red   green  and blue color bars  Fold a blank  white sheet of  paper  as shown in Figure 1 1  Lay the paper on a flat  surface and put the light source on it so that the colored  rays are projected along the horizontal part of the paper    and onto the vertical part        Light source          Convex lens    Folded paper          Red  green   and blue rays    Combined  colors             Figure 1 1  Color addition    2  Place the convex lens near the ray box so it focuses the rays and causes them to    cross at the vertical part of the paper     Note  The lens has one flat edge  Place the flat edge on the paper so the lens stands stably    without rocking     3  Whatis the resulting color where the three  colors come together  Record your observa   tion in Table 1 1     4  Now block the green ray with a pencil   What color results from adding red and blue  light  Record the result in Table 1 1     5  Block each color in succession to see the    addition of the other two colors and com   plete Table 1 1     Questions    Table 1 1  Results of Colored Light Addition       Colors Added Resulting Color       red   blue   green       red   blue       red   green             green   blue       1  Is mixing colored light the same as mixing colored paint  Explain     2  White light is said to be the mixture of all colors  In this experiment  did mixing  red  green  and blue light result in white  Ex
42. of Light Line Apparent Color of Ink Do they look different  Actual Color of Ink  A  Blue Light  B  C  Red Light  D                            4  Look a red line and black lines under red light  Which line is easier to see        Questions    1  What makes red ink appear red  When red ink is illumined by blue light  is most    of the light absorbed or reflected     2  When illumined with red light  why is red ink on white paper more difficult to    see than black ink        IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459    Experiment 2  Prism       Experiment 2  Prism    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source  Rhombus from Ray Optics Kit    Blank white paper    Pu rpose Incident ray    The purpose of this experiment is to show how a prism  separates white light into its component colors and to   show that different colors are refracted at different   angles through a prism  ni    I   lt        Normal to surface    Surface       No    Theory  When a monochromatic light ray crosses from one  medium  such as air  to another  such as acrylic   it is    refracted  According to Snell   s Law     n sin 0    nosin 0     the angle of refraction  05  depends on the angle of incidence  0   and the indices of  refraction of both media  n and n    as shown in Figure 2 1  Because the index of  refraction for light varies with the frequency of the light  white light that enters the  material  at an angle other than 0    will separate into its component colors as each fre     quency
43. on of  the apparent line  When the pencil and the apparent line are at the same distance  from your eye  there will be no parallax between them     While looking down through the rhombus  with one eye   hold a very sharp  pencil as shown in Figure 9 3 so it appears to be lined up with the line inside the  rhombus  Move your head left and right to check for parallax  Move the pencil up  or down and check again  When there is no parallax  mark that point   Hold the  rhombus with your free hand  press the pencil tip gently against the side of the  rhombus and twist the pencil to make a light mark  Erase the mark after you have  finished this experiment      Analysis    1     Measure the distance from the top of the rhombus to your pencil mark  Record  this apparent depth  d  in the first row of Table 9 1     Measure the thickness  t  of the rhombus and record it in Table 9 1     Use Equation 9 1 to calculate the index of refraction and record your result in  Table 9 1     Table 9 1  Results              Look  down    ze nb eye      side to side    Hold pencil  still             d t n       Part 1  Parallax method          Part 2  Ray tracing method                   Part 2  Ray tracing Method       Procedure    Place the light source in ray box mode on a white sheet of paper  Turn the wheel  to select five parallel rays  Shine the rays straight into the convex lens  Place the  mirror on its edge between the ray box and the lens so that it blocks the middle  three rays  leaving o
44. ose    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     Background    A conventional lens is made of a material whose index of refraction  is higher than that of the surrounding medium  For instance  the  lenses in a pair of eyeglasses are usually made from glass or plastic  with an index of refraction of 1 5 or higher  while the air surrounding  the lenses has an index of refraction of 1 0  However  a lens can also  have a lower index of refraction than the surrounding medium  as is  the case when a hollow lens is    filled with air    and surrounded by  water   The index of refraction of water is about 1 3      The hollow lens in this experiment has three sections  a plano con   cave section and two plano convex sections  We will refer to these as  sections 1  2  and 3  see Figure 7 1         Figure 7 1  The hollow lens    You will determine whether each section acts as a converging or  diverging lens when it is a  filled with water and surrounded by air  and b  filled with air and surrounded by water     Procedure    1  Before you test the hollow lens  make some predictions  For every configuration  in Table 7 1  predict whether incoming parallel rays will converge or diverge  after passing through the lens  Record your predictions in the table     2  Place the light source in ray box mode on a white sheet of paper  Turn the wheel  to select five pa
45. osed on the lines of J J  the object  shown as dotted lines in Figure 11 4   Move your head left and   right or up and down by about a centimeter  As you move your head  the lines  of the image may move relative to the lines of the object due to the parallax   Adjust the eyepiece lens to eliminate parallax  Do not move the objective   lens  When there is no parallax  the lines in the center of the lens appear to be  stuck to the object lines  Figure 11 4                            Note  You will probably have to adjust the eyepiece lens by no more than a few centimeters   3  Record the positions of the lenses and screen in Table 11 1     4  Estimate the magnification of your telescope by counting the number of object  squares that lie along one side of one image square  To do this  you must view the  image through the telescope with one eye while looking directly at the object  with the other eye  Remember that magnification is negative for an inverted  image  Record the observed magnification in Table 11 1     Analysis    To calculate the magnification  complete the following steps and record the results in  Table 11 1        32 IZEIA      Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 11  Telescope       1  Measure d    the distance from the object  paper pat  Table 11 1  Results  tern on screen  to the objective lens        Position of Objective Lens       2  Determine d    the distance from the eyepiece lens to      1   DE Position of Eyepiece Lens  the image  Since the image is in the pla
46. plain        IZEIA         Beginning Optics System    Experiment 1  Color Addition       Part 2  Observing Colored Ink Under Colored Light       Procedure    1  While you look away  have your partner draw two lines   one red and one    black   on a sheet of white paper  One of the lines should be labeled A  and the    other B  but you should not know which is which     Before you look at the paper  have your partner turn off the room lights and cover    the red and green bars so the paper is illuminated only with blue light     Now look  What colors do the two lines appear to be  Do they appear to be    different colors  Record your observations in Table 1 2     Finally  observe the lines under white light and record their actual colors in Table    1 2     2  Repeat step 1  but this time have your partner draw lines using blue and black ink   labeled C and D   and observe them under red light     3  For Trial 2  switch roles and repeat steps 1 and 2 with the your partner observing  lines that you have drawn  Record the results in Table 1 2   For this trial  you may  try to trick your partner by drawing both lines the same color   both red or both    black  for instance      Trial 1  Name of observer     Table 1 2  Colored Ink Observed Under Colored Light                                                                      Color of Light Line Apparent Color of Ink Do they look different  Actual Color of Ink  A  Blue Light  B  C  Red Light  D  Trial 2  Name of observer   Color 
47. rallel rays     3  Fill section 1 with water and place the lens in front of the light source so the par   allel rays enter it through the flat side  Do the rays converge or diverge after pass   ing through the lens  Record your observation in Table 7 1        PASC Cii 19    Beginning Optics System Experiment 7  Hollow Lens       Repeat this step with water in different section of the lens to complete the first  four rows of Table 7 1     Table 7 1  Predictions and Observations                            Lens Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Prediction Observation  surrounded by    filled with    filled with    filled with   converging or diverging   converging or diverging   Water Air Air  Air Water Air  Air  Air Air Water  Water Air Water  Air Water Water  Water Water Air Water  Water Water Air                            4  Dry the bottom of the hollow lens  Use double sided adhesive tape to stick it to  the inside bottom of the transparent ray optics box as shown in Figure 7 2  Cut a  strip of white paper about 5 cm x 15 cm  tape it to the inside bottom of the box as  shown  Position the light source outside of the box so that the rays enter the hol   low lens through the flat side     Box          Hollow lens       Incident rays    Strip of paper   5 cm x 15 cm                          NS S  Figure 7 2  Hollow lens set up for testing surrounded by water          5  Fill the box with water to just below the top of the lens  Fill sections 2 and 3 of  the lens with water  leavin
48. re the distance from the lens surface to the point where the lens surface   the reflected rays cross  The radius of curvature is twice this distance    Record the radius of curvature     R        5  For this lens  it is not necessary to measure the curvature of both sides because  they are equal  R    R    R   Calculate the focal length of the lens using the lens   maker   s equation  Equation 8 1   The index of refraction is 1 5 for the acrylic  lens  Remember that a concave surface has a negative radius of curvature     f   calculated        6  Calculate the percent difference between the two values of f from step 3 and  step 5       difference            22 LEIHO      Model No  OS 8459 Experiment 9  Apparent Depth       Experiment 9  Apparent Depth    Required Equipment from Beginning Optics System       Light Source   Rhombus from Ray Optics Kit   Convex Lens from Ray Optics Kit   Mirror from Ray Optics Kit  used to block rays     Other Required Equipment       Metric ruler  White paper    Very sharp pencil  Purpose  In this experiment  you will use two different methods to measure the apparent depth    of the acrylic rhombus  You will also determine the index of refraction of acrylic by  comparing the apparent depth to the actual depth     Theory    Light rays originating from the bottom surface of a block of  transparent material refract at the top surface as the rays       emerge from the material into the air  see Figure 9 1   When top  viewed from above  the apparent
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