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Light Box & Optical Set 2.0
Item #P2-9580
$169.00
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| Unit Price | $169.00 |
| 6+ | $161.00 |
All-in-one optics and color mixing system
Bring light and color concepts to life with one compact, classroom-friendly system. The Light Box & Optical Set 2.0 lets students see rays, reflections, and refractions instantly, making abstract optics ideas feel concrete and testable. With a bright double-ended light box and a full suite of optical components, it’s built for quick tabletop investigations and repeatable results.
Designed as an all-in-one introductory optics kit, it supports core lessons right out of the box—reflection and refraction, Snell’s Law, basic lens and mirror image formation, and color theory.
Why Teachers Love the Light Box & Optical Set 2.0
- Complete optics + color kit in one box: Includes light box, lenses, prisms, acrylic blocks, mirrors, slit plates, filters, and paddles, plus an experiments manual—so you’re ready for a full unit with no add-ons.
- Double-ended light box = more experiments: One end produces parallel/convergent/divergent rays through slit diaphragms; the other end is optimized for color mixing and subtraction.
- Bright, stable rays with quiet cooling: 12V/20W halogen lamp with adjustable focus and built-in fan keeps beams clear and consistent over long lab periods.
- Magnetic, classroom-friendly design: Light box and elements use built-in magnets for fast alignment on steel-based surfaces or whiteboards (board not included).
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What You Can Teach with the Light Box & Optical Set 2.0
Ideal for middle school through AP/Honors and introductory higher-ed optics labs, including:
- Reflection: Law of reflection, ray diagrams, plane and curved mirror behavior.
- Refraction: Bending through blocks and prisms, index of refraction, critical angle, total internal reflection.
- Snell’s Law: Measure incident/refracted angles and verify relationships quantitatively.
- Lenses & Image Formation: Converging/diverging lenses, focal length, magnification, real vs. virtual images.
- Prism Dispersion & Light Paths: Trace complex ray paths and explore how prisms redirect and spread light.
- Color Theory: Primary/secondary colors, additive mixing, subtractive mixing, complementary colors.
Products being sold are not toys. They are for Educational / Laboratory use only. They are not for use by children 12 and under.
Product Specifications
Specs:
Light box:
Dimensions: 15 cm x 9.5 cm x 8.8 cm (6” x 3¾” x 3½”) with mirrors closed
Mirror size: 9 cm x 6.4 cm (3⅝” x 2½”)
Weight: 340 g (0.75 lb)
Lamp: 12V d.c./20W halogen lamp with adjustable holder for focus
Built-in 12V d.c. cooling fan
Magnetic base for attachment to steel-based surfaces
Wall-mounted power supply for 110VAC input with 1.5 m (5’) cord
Provision for two 62 mm x 62 mm (2⅜”) filters in each of four apertures and a cylindrical lens at one end.
Optical elements:
All optical elements are 23 mm (⅞”) thick and have built-in fixing magnets and white-painted bottom surfaces (mirror holders unpainted)
Lenses are 75 mm (3”) wide
Rectangular block is 75 mm x 50 mm (3” x 2”)
Prism sides:
equilateral: 60 mm (2⅜”)
right angle: 50 mm (2”)
30°-60°-90°: 38 mm—62 mm—73 mm (1½, 2⅜, 2⅞”)
Plane mirror: 10 cm (4”) wide
Adjustable concave/convex mirror:
Width: 135 mm (5¼”)
Approx. radii: 60 mm, 90mm, 170mm
Rectangular trough: 75 mm x 50 mm (3”x 2”); Usable volume: 61 ml
Refractive index of the acrylic material: approx. 1.49
Filters & Diaphragms:
All filters and diaphragms are 62 mm (2⅜”) wide
1 blank diaphragm for blocking light in unwanted directions
2 diaphragms with narrow slits (1.28 mm/0.05” wide):
one slit, two slits 28 mm/1.11” apart
three slits 14 mm/0.55” apart, five slits 8.5 mm/0.33” apart
1 diaphragm with a wide slit (9 mm/0.35”) and a 15mm/0.59” hole
Set of 7 color filters:
red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, orange
Set of 7 color paddles:
red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, orange
What's Included:
Light Box
Power Supply (12VDC, 2A)
MIrrors and Lenses
Blank Diaphragm
Color filters set
Opaque color paddle set
Ray diaphragm set:
Circular hole & wide slit
Single & double slits
3 & 5 slits
For more detailed listing see Light Box and Optical Set 2.0 Instructional Guide
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