Biology Options Series - McGraw Hill Education资料.doc

EXTENSION ACTIVITY Wave Lengths Perceived By the Human Eye First Hand Investigation Perform a first-hand investigation or other secondary data to identify the range of wavelengths perceived by the human eye. AIM: To identify the range of wavelengths perceived by the human eye. MATERIALS: Power supply, ray box, triangular prism, large sheet of white paper, pencil, ruler. METHOD: 1. Connect the ray box to the power supply – ask your teacher which strength current you should use. Place a sheet of white paper on the table top, in front of the ray box. Place a slide with a single slit into the ray box and direct a single beam of light from the ray box, along the white sheet of paper. Place a triangular prism on the sheet of paper, positioning it so that the beam of light passes through it. Slowly adjust the position of the prism until a band of colours is emitted from one side of the prism where the beam of light exits. If the full range of colours is not easily seen, darkening the room may help. RESULTS: Record your results in the form of a diagram. On your diagram, draw and label each of the following: the position of the prism on the white sheet of paper the single band of light being projected from the ray box to the prism the bands of colour that emerge from the prism, identifying each colour seen. Identify which colour is refracted (bent) by the prism the least and which colour is refracted the most. CONCLUSION: Read your aim again and then, using your results, state a valid conclusion for this experiment. PREDICTION: Plan a method to try to refract the coloured bands of the spectrum emerging from the prism, back into a single beam of white light. (Hint: you will need to use a second prism. Join with another group to do this. Trial your prediction, stat