So my group got together to disprove Snell's law, or at least we wanted to see if what Shelia believed was credible at all. So, We were trying to test that if we shone a laser beam into the tank of water if the refracted ray would be equal to the refracted ray we would calculate later in the experiment.
We decided to take a fish tank filled with water and a little bit of flour, and a laser beam and a little bit of chalk. The first thing we did was calculate the the refracted ray under snell's law: sin^-1(1*sin(50)/1.33) which measured out to 36.17 degrees. We drew our reflected ray, our normal and our incident ray. After that we drew our projected refracted ray. We then placed the tank against the tank and shown the laser beam into the water to see if it would refract the predicted way. And by the end of the experiment, our prediction that they would line up was correct. We actually proved Snell's law again... i guess that is why it is Snell's law not Snell's theory
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Hey Gabby!
ReplyDeleteNice work on the great experiment! Remember that we can't prove Snell's law, just support it! I know you know that!
Your work on this assignment shows achievement of the learning goals of the lesson and has earned full credit. Great job!
Grade = 4/4
Also, remember to name your lab correctly!
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