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Alabama Connections Academy Investigating Light Refraction Problems Discussion

 

Design your own experiment to support the hypothesis that light travels in straight lines except at the point it enters a new medium. You may use the “Bending Light” PhET Interactive Simulation in your experimental design or use all real materials (i.e., flashlight, index cards, glass, water, protractor). You must collect actual data in order to support your hypothesis. Therefore, plan how you will measure the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction to show that light bends when it enters a new medium. Assignment details as well as the grading rubric are attached. Please read carefully. This assignment is for an 8th grader.