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6A 10.20 - Laser with Corner Mirror
	Demonstrates: Reflection of light. Description: A laser is projected onto a corner mirror which reflects the light on all sides.

6A 10.30 - Plane Mirrors
	Demonstrates: Reflection and virtual images. Description: Plane mirrors can be used to introduce the concept of ray tracing.

6A 10.40 - Folding Mirrors with Object
	Demonstrates: Reflection of light. Description: Two large mirrors will give 360 degrees reflected view of the object.

6A 20.10 - Bird in a Box
	Demonstrates: Reflection of light. Description: Bird is upside down in the box but the mirror flips image to right side up.

6A 20.20 - Concave and Convex Mirrors
	Demonstrates: Reflection. Description: These mirrors can give a virtual and a real image.

6A 20.40 - Large Spherical Mirror
	Demonstrates: Virtual and real images. Description: At focal point image flips and goes from virtual to real.

6A 40.10 - Optical Disk I
	Demonstrates: Concave and convex lenses. Description: Light enters one lens, is refracted then enters other lens and is refracted again.

6A 40.20 - Optical Disk II
	Demonstrates: Refraction of light. Description: Light enters the lens and is refracted.

6A 40.41 - Invisibility Fluid
	Demonstrates: Index of Refraction. Description: A mixture of CCl4 and C6H6 has an index of refraction similar to Pyrex glass. When a rod of soft glass is placed in fluid, it can be clearly seen. When a pyrex glass rod is placed in fluid it becomes "invisible."

6A 44.10 - Chalkboard Optics
	Demonstrates: Light refraction. Description: Light is beamed into the acrylic shapes which refract or reflect the light.

6A 44.20 - Total Internal Reflection
	Demonstrates: Internal reflection at proper angle of incidence. Description: Set up with laser and green acrylic sheet on optical bench.

6A 44.25 - Total Internal Reflection with Prisms
	Demonstrates: Total internal reflection. Description: A prism and a laser are used in this version of total internal reflection.

6A 44.30 - Total internal Reflection with Microwaves
	Demonstrates: Total internal reflection. Description: Prisms are used in this version of total internal reflection.

6A 44.40 - Laser & Fiber Optics
	Demonstrates: Total internal reflection with fiber optics. Description: Fiber optics used for household decoration.

6A 46.10 - Rainbow with Acrylic Sphere
	Demonstrates: Light Refraction. Description: An acrylic sphere on a stand that represents a rain drop. Use sunlight reflected from roof.

6A 46.20 - Solar Spectrum
	Demonstrates: Spectrum of the sun. Description: The sun's image is brought into 103.

6A 60.30 - Microscope
	Demonstrates: Enlargement of an object. Description: The filament of a lamp on a Variac is observed through lenses.

6A 61.20 - Fish Eye Camera
	Demonstrates: The concept of a camera. Description: Same setup as the pinhole but a fish eye lens is added.

6A 61.30 - Pinhole Camera
	Demonstrates: Shows how a camera works. Description: A Polaroid set up is put on a tripod.

6A 65.10 - Camera Model
	Demonstrates: A real image. Description: Image is inverted on the screen at end of optical bench.

6A 70.10 - Compound Microscope
	Demonstrates: Magnification of very small objects. Description: A one person microscope.

6A 70.20 - Magnification and Resolution
6A 70.20 - Magnification and Resolution	Demonstrates: The difference between magnification and resolution. Description: A microscope with a slide is set up and projected to the class. The object on the slide is shown at different magnifications, and the effect this has on the resolution is shown.

6A 70.30 - Galilean Telescope
	Demonstrates: Telescopes. Description: Use +100mm and +500mm Leybold lenses. Set up on large optical bench.

6A 70.40 - Newtonian Telescope
	Demonstrates: Telescopes. Description: Use -100mm and +500mm Leybold lenses. Set up on large optical bench.

6A 70.50 - Projector Model
	Demonstrates: Shows how a projector works. Description: A slide is projected on to a screen.