Easy genius science projects with light
Subtitle: great experiments and ideas
By: Robert Gardner.
Series: Easy genius science projects
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780766029262
Subjects: Light -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature; Science projects -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Science projects and experiments about light"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Light sources and light paths; title: Light's normal path; title: Straight light paths and images; title: Reflected light and the law of reflection; title: Where is the image you see in a mirror?; title: Another look at a mirror image; title: Light reflected through water; title: Refraction; title: Refraction and disappearing glass; title: Refraction and dispersion: colored light from white light; title: Lenses, curved mirrors, and real images; title: Light rays from distant objects; title: A convex lens, focal length, and images; title: A model of a convex lens; title: How does distance affect the images made by a convex lens?; title: A concave mirror, focal length, and images; title: How does distance affect the images made by a concave mirror?; title: Light and color; title: Mixing colored light; title: Colored shadows; title: Colored objects in colored light; title: Complementary colors of light; title: Double light filters; title: Analyzing the light that passes through colored light filters; title: Experiments marked with this symbol contain material that might be used for a science fair project; title: Light, particles, and waves; title: Light and a particle theory; title: Light and a wave theory; title: Diffraction of light; title: A wave model of polarized light; title: Reflected polarized light; title: Is sky light polarized?; title: A model of sun and sky; title: Reducing glare; title: Rotating polarized light; title: Light, waves, and soap bubbles; title: Illusions and mirages; title: Mirages; title: The continuous bending of light that cause mirages; title: Line illusions; title: Is the moon really bigger when it rises?; title: After image illusions; title: More after image illusions; title: Appendix: Science supply companies.