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.
Applied Filters
Mysterious Magnet Tube with Steel Filings
Explore beautiful 3-D patterns created by a magnetic field mess free.
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Project STAR Spectrometer
View Spectra with an Accuracy of ±1 Nanometer
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United Scientific™ Reflection/Refraction Kit
Ideal for investigating the reflection of light at a plane mirror and at a water interface.
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Light Source with Battery Holder
Designed for use with a meter stick optical bench
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Large Magnetic Demonstration Prism Set
Teach a wide variety of optical principles with this set of seven lenses and prisms
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Hydrogen and Helium Spectrum Tube
Illustrate how spectral patterns can be analyzed from a combination of gases.
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United Scientific® Complete Meter Stick Optics Bench
Classical experiment for studying optics on a budget.