REFRACTION (modelling)

TRUTH OR TRICKS ?
Prepared by
UMMMU AIMAN BT ABDULLAH D20091035104 SITI MARDIAH BT MOHD BAHARI D20091035103

Scientific Concept
Refraction of light is the bending of a light rays at the boundary as the rays travel from one medium to another. Light rays bends towards the normal and bend way from the normal based on the density of medium. When light rays travels from one medium to another, its speed changes. The change in speed of the light ray cause the change of its direction. Refractive index speed of lights in the air or vacuum n= _____________________________ speed of lights in the medium speed of vacuum= 3.0 x 108 ms-1

Scientific Concept

ENGAGE

Did you know what makes the stars twinkle?

EMPOWER

Types and refraction index of medium A

Type and refractive index of medium B Wavelenght of light

Light Intensity

Emergent ray

Speed of light

DISCUSSION

1. Explain how light bends at the interface between two media and what determines the angle. 2. What happened to the ray when moves from less dense medium to denser medium and instead. 3. What the refractive index for different substance. 4. Give the other phenomenon which show the effects of refraction.

ENHANCE

Pasir putih a child aged 12 died by suffocated in a river when playing with his friend. According to witness (his friend), victim want to bath when he discovered that river is shallow and not deep. After jump into to river, victim just realized the river is deep and he tried to a ask help but unfortunately everything was late. Explain why the victim saw the river is shallow?

ANSWER

This is because maybe victim see the any object like pebbles lying a the bottom of water river appear to be
closer and raised up above actual position. so, this resulting the victim discovered the river is shallower than similarly to the situation of the object. In fact,the observer see the object closer than their real depth to the surface. The ray coming from the fish reaches the observers eye after refraction. Thus, observer sees the image of the fish at the apparent depth and not at actual depth .These are all results of the refraction of light which caused by different medium..

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS ACTIVITY

Two manipulated variable : angle of incidence and materials of medium

Two responding variable : angle of refraction, light intensity and speed of light

FEATURES

Students able to control the variable based on their creativity

Student can demonstrate the science process skill by observing, measuring and analyzing.

Teacher able to enhance the student understanding via the using many tools.

Attachments

bending-light_en.jar