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This section deals with the various links that we sourced out on the internet to enable higher interactivity in learning about light. These links are mainly demonstrations and experiments which you can try for yourself on the internet. Look for what interests you below... Have fun~

[Electromagnetic Waves]

Propagation of electromagnetic waves
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/emWave/emWave.html

The Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://www.seds.org/~smiley/java/SpectrumTuner/

[Polarisation and Shadows]

Shadows and Images
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/shadow/shadow.html

Polarization of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/polarizedlight/filters/index.html

[Reflection and Refraction]

Reflection of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/reflection.html

Refraction of light
http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/physengl/phe10.htm

Refraction of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/java/refraction/index.html

Basic Mechanism of a prism
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=51

Reflection/Refraction in a prism
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/refraction/monoPrism.html

Light dispersion through a prism
http://www.lightlink.com/sergey/java/java/dispprizm/index.html

Snell's Law
http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/Lasers/laserweb/Java/Twoangles2.htm

Dispersion in a raindrop
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/dispersion/raindrop.html

Formation of rainbows
http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/javamirror/ntnujava/Rainbow/rainbow.html

[Total Internal Reflection]

Total Internal Reflection
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/totintrefl/index.html

Total Internal Reflection in Fibre Optics
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/refraction/fiberOptic.html

[Diffraction and Interference]

Diffraction
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/light/node7.html

Diffraction of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/diffraction/index.html

Interference of light
http://www.ug.cs.dal.ca/dispproj/Physics/interference.html

Interference of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/index.html

Diffraction and Interference
http://www.imal.hacettepe.edu.tr/onur's_quanta_journey/quan-a3.htm

Diffraction and Interference
http://fermi.bgsu.edu/~stoner/P202/interfere/index.htm

Diffraction and interference
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/1/0,5716,119361+24+110443,00.html

The Single Slit Diffraction experiment
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/slitdiffr/index.html

Discovering Interference patterns
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=47

[Colours]

Additive colours of light
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=36

Substraction Colours of Light
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=37

[Lenses and Image formation]

Ray Tracing
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/Activity_page.cfm?ActivityID=52

Focusing with a lens
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/lenses/screenFocus.html

Converging Lenses
http://plabpc.csustan.edu/general/Tutorials/Optics/Lenses/ConvergingLenses.htm

Image formed by a converging lens
http://www.lightlink.com/sergey/java/java/clens/index.html

Image formation by converging lens
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/clens/index.html

Diverging Lenses
http://plabpc.csustan.edu/general/Tutorials/Optics/Lenses/DivergingLenses.htm

Image formed by a diverging lens
http://www.lightlink.com/sergey/java/java/dlens/index.html

Image formation by diverging lens
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/dlens/index.html

[Mirrors]

Mirrors
http://www.physics.wisc.edu/~phys104/sfc23.html

Mirrors
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/physics/u3b32phy.html

Mirrors
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/physics/u3b22phy.html

Mirrors
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,54269+1+52946,00.html

Mirrors
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,115155+21+108567,00.html

Principal rays of a spherical mirror
http://www.techxhome.com/lightsite/optics/mirrors/sphereMirror.html

Light rays from a diverging mirror
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/dmirr/index.html

Image formed by a diverging mirror
http://www.lightlink.com/sergey/java/java/dmirr/index.html

Multiple reflection by 2 plane mirrors
http://phms04.phys.ust.hk/ntnujava/optics/image_e.html

[The Human Eye and its Defects]

The Human Eye http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/java/eyeball/index.html

Eye Defects
http://230nsc1.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/eyedef.html

[Lasers]

Lasers
http://physicsstudio.indstate.edu/java/physlets/java/laser/index.html