Total Internal Reflection

Demonstration: Refraction at an air-water interface and total internal reflection.

Practical Activity 14-16

Demonstration: Particles and waves refract differently. Only waves refract in the same way as light.

Practical Activity 14-16

Total internal reflection (TIR) is a consequence of refraction.

Lesson 16-19

Almost all the light from the torch is reflected every time it hits the edge of the stream of water, so the light follows the...

Enrichment Activity 5-11 11-14

A selection of home experiments that are suitable to use with your students remotely to support and develop their...

Remote teaching support 11-14 14-16 16-19

A selection of home experiments and online simulations that are suitable to use with your students aged 14-16 (KS3) whilst...

Remote teaching support 14-16

As early as 1888, doctors were using bent glass rods to illuminate the insides of their patients’ bodies. By the beginning of...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Anglers can hide themselves from their prey by exploiting a phenomenon arising from total internal reflection.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Colonoscopy is a technique that doctors use to look inside your large intestine - or colon - and check that everything is okay...

Physics Narrative 11-14 14-16