Shadow formation by a point light source

Principle

Illumination of an individual object create an individual shadow of the object. The shadow depends on the relative position of the light source and the object.

Benefits

• minimal preparation time
• light-intense halogen lamp
• easy teaching by using the demo board for demonstration
• ideal complement to analog student experiments by directly comparable devices

Tasks

Create a shadow by moving an objects through a light beam and observe position and size of the shadow.