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Physics: Bending Light

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Topics

    • Snell's Law
    • Refraction
    • Reflection
    • Optics
    • Prisms
    • Lenses
    • Light

Learning Goals

    • Explain how light bends at the interface between two media and what determines the angle.
    • Apply Snell’s law to a laser beam incident on the interface between media.
    • Describe how the speed and wavelength of light changes in different media.
    • Describe the effect of changing wavelength on the angle of refraction.
    • Explain how a prism creates a rainbow.