Motion, Lens and the Observatory

Activities involving motion, lenses and a tour of the observatory

Photo of the effect of a concave lens on light the three-light source of a Rive light box. Photo of the intriguing reflection effects when a right-angle prism is explored with a three-light source. Photo of a lens held over a handwritten page. Photo of the light from a Rive light box bent from going through a prism. Photo showing the effect that two prisms have on the three beams of light. Photo of a student holding two different lenses. Photo of dark series of marks on a white piece of paper, showing where a ball dropped onto the piece of paper bounced. Photo of a balls bouncing marks with circles indicating separate drops. Photo of a student working with a ball on a ramp with multiple hills. Photo of students shining a powerful light on the ball rolling on the curved ramp. Photo of a telescope at an observatory similar the Celestron reflector telescopes the students used for observations.