This lab is designed to have students investigate the changes that occur to images formed by converging lenses based on the focal length of the lens, the height of the object and the location of the object.
Online labs provide students with the possibility to conduct scientific experiments in an online environment. Remotely-operated labs (remote labs) offer an opportunity to experiment with real equipment from remote locations. Virtual labs simulate the scientific equipment. Data sets present data from already performed lab experiments. Please use the filters on the right to find appropriate online labs for your class.
Please note that the Go-Lab Authoring Platform Graasp is no longer maintained. This means that it is not possible to create and publish new Go-Lab Inquiry Learning Spaces using the labs listed on this page. However, you can still access the labs and use them directly on the providers' websites with help of the preview links, which you will find on the dedicated lab pages. If you are interested in creating and using Inquiry Learning Spaces in your classroom, please visit the new Authoring Platform Graasp.org
If you are looking for online labs selected for the curricula of Benin, Kenya or Nigeria, please visit our Collections page.
If you select labs in Portuguese, the descriptions on this website will still be displayed in English. However, when you include the lab in an ILS and change the language setting of the ILS to Portuguese, the lab will be displayed in Portuguese within the ILS.
Portuguese
Light
Virtual Lab
Sort by
This interactive simulation allows users to visualize the double-slit experiment.
Explore bending of light between two media with different indices of refraction. See how changing from air to water to glass changes the bending angle. Play with prisms of different shapes and make rainbows.
This simulation allows students to study reflection and refraction. Students have the ability to change the angle of the laser and the refractive indices of the materials.
Make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. Change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or filter white light. View the light as a solid beam, or see the individual photons.Aims of the lab:
This simulation allows students to study the reflection of a parabolic mirror. Students have the ability to change the location of the mirror and the source, the focal length and number of rays can also be adjusted.
This simulation allows students to visualize what can be seen from various positions when looking in a mirror. Students have the ability to change the height of the mirror and show a figure.
Do you ever wonder how a greenhouse gas affects the climate, or why the ozone layer is important? Use the sim to explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere.
This simulation allows students to study how light rays diffuse and reflect on a mirror. Students have the ability to change the form of the mirror, choose the source type and move it, and adjust the number of rays.