Critical Angle & Total Internal Reflection

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• PhET Cricitcal Angle & TIR.pdf - 879 kB

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Title	Critical Angle & Total Internal Reflection
Description	This activity allows students to explore what the critical angle is, measure it and link it to the calculation using Snell's Law. They then see what happens beyond the critical angle and then link this to fibre optic cabling.
Subject	Physics
Level	High School
Type	Guided Activity, Homework, Lab
Duration	30 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	Critical angle; Total Internal Refection; TIR; Refraction; Fibre optics
Simulation(s)	Bending Light

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Author(s)	Simon Lees
Contact Email	slees@sthildas.qld.edu.au
School / Organization	St Hildas
Date submitted	3/5/17
Date updated	3/5/17