Easy genius science projects with light : great experiments and ideas

Gardner, Robert 1929- (Author).

Summary: Illuminate your understanding of many physical science concepts by observing light as it bounces, scatters, reflects, and refracts. Did you know that mirages are caused by the way light bends, and that white light is a sum of red, blue, and green light? Through scientific inquiry and exploration, ideas presented in this book can be developed into successful science fair projects.

Record details

ISBN: 0766029263 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780766029262 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Light sources and light paths -- Light's normal path -- Straight light paths and images -- Reflected light and the law of reflection -- Where is the image you see in a mirror? -- Another look at a mirror image -- Light reflected through water -- Refraction -- Refraction and disappearing glass -- Refraction and dispersion: colored light from white light -- Lenses, curved mirrors, and real images -- Light rays from distant objects -- A convex lens, focal length, and images -- A model of a convex lens -- How does distance affect the images made by a convex lens? -- A concave mirror, focal length, and images -- How does distance affect the images made by a concave mirror? -- Light and color -- Mixing colored light -- Colored shadows -- Colored objects in colored light -- Complementary colors of light -- Double light filters -- Analyzing the light that passes through colored light filters -- Experiments marked with this symbol contain material that might be used for a science fair project -- Light, particles, and waves -- Light and a particle theory -- Light and a wave theory -- Diffraction of light -- A wave model of polarized light -- Reflected polarized light -- Is sky light polarized? -- A model of sun and sky -- Reducing glare -- Rotating polarized light -- Light, waves, and soap bubbles -- Illusions and mirages -- Mirages -- The continuous bending of light that cause mirages -- Line illusions -- Is the moon really bigger when it rises? -- After image illusions -- More after image illusions -- Appendix: Science supply companies.