Optics Learning Activities
Avantor offers a complete catalog of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
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United Scientific® Complete Meter Stick Optics Bench
Classical experiment for studying optics on a budget.
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Lens Sets
Choose high quality crown glass or shatter-resistant acrylic lenses.
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Color Mixing Apparatus
Illuminate the variances between additive and subtractive color mixing
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Concepts of Light Classroom Kit
Help Your Students Perceive How Light Behaves
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Light Box and Optical Set
This kit is very useful for reflection, refraction, and color mixing experiments.
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Optical Refraction Components
These Optical Refraction Components are made from imported optical glass or acrylic with optically worked surfaces.
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Acrylic Pipe Demonstration
Show students how light reflects inside an acrylic pipe.
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Acrylic Double Concave/Convex Lens
Frosted acrylic lenses for optical experiments.
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Color Filter Paddles
Lessons in Optics and Light in the Palm of Your Hand Colorfully illustrate additive and subtractive color mixing, color transmission, absorption and filtering of the different wavelengths of light with this set of primary and secondary color mixing paddles. You can also use the diffraction gratings in this set to view spectra from different light sources. Show students how a spectroscope, colored lights, and even polarized sunglasses work with the contents of this set.
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Rive Ray Box
High quality and low cost make this ideally suited for junior high or high school students.