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Re: optics simulator
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We use the following laser kit for everything from elementary school demos to graduate courses, and it has proven to be quite the workhorse.  Another thing I did with this kit for middle-high school aged kids was to make an optics obstacle course, which proved highly popular.  You can show everything from how lenses work, to making zoom optics, total internal reflection, optical aberrations, etc.

http://www.arborsci.com/laser-ray-box-and-lenses

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   Ben Smith

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On 7/28/2014 6:16 PM, Peng Xi wrote:
> Have you tried OSLO? They have an EDU free version.
> http://www.lambdares.com/oslo
Thanks!  --I've seen it but am hoping to find something more
basic--something useful for teaching basic optics to people with weak
physics backgrounds.  Ideally it'd be simple but still flexible enough
to allow students to be creative and combine different optical element
together.

Martin
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Martin Wessendorf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a simple freeware program that generates ray diagrams
>> for lenses and mirrors?  Something more flexible than the simulators on
>> Microscopy U and places like that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Martin Wessendorf

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