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Light Microscopy Microscope Experiment

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 9-12

Subject

Physical Science, Optics, Physics

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

Students experiment with polarizing filters and a light source to discover that when the filters’ planes of polarization are 90-degree angles in relation to each other, they will block out light.
Polarization of Light  [114KB PDF file]
This activity is part of the Optics Educator Guide.