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Optics

This page contains a range of resources to help teachers and students improve their understanding of optics and its applications. There are resources that will help teachers who are new to delivering GCSE Physics as well as materials that will appeal to established practitioners.

You will find

• Resources related to reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, imaging, magnification and focal length, and the uses and applications of these (eg the uses of fibre optics and comparisons of digital and analogue signal transmission). The resources include:
  • interactive teaching materials and suggested activities
  • quizzes that help students understand underlying concepts and applications
  • resources to support practical work
  • information on how a range of optical devices work and how such devices are used.
• Links to websites and resources matched to GCSE Physics specifications and produced by the Institute of Physics and other organisations including the American Physics Classroom, S-Cool, gcse.com, Glenbrook, telescope.com and Antonine Education UK.

Specification links: AQA 13,4, Edexcel 360 P6, OCR Gateway P5, OCR 21st Century Science P6, WJEC P3.3.

If you cannot find what you want in the listed resources, enter keywords from your specification in the Search box on the right. Reduce the number of ‘hits’ by using inverted commas to search for phrases.

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• Ray OpticsAQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  

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AQA (2) | Edexcel (4) | OCR 21st Century Science (4) | OCR Gateway (3) | WJEC (3) | Activity Resources (6) | Instructional (1) | Learning Resource (7) |

AQA (Showing 2 of 2 available)

• Ray Optics
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  

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Edexcel (Showing 4 of 4 available)

• Ray Optics
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  
• Institute of Physics: Total Internal Reflection and Fibre Optics
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  Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, WJEC P3.3. Pages from the Institute of Physics demonstrating reflection and total internal reflection and its uses, including the use of optical fibres to transmit d...
  
  
• S-cool!: Analogue and Digital Wave Signals
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  Edexcel P3 6.4. The use of analogue and digital waves to carry data, including the advantages and disadvantages of each - information and diagrams from the S-Cool website. Suitable for teachers and a...
  
  

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OCR 21st Century Science (Showing 1 of 4 available)

• Ray Optics
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  

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OCR Gateway (Showing 3 of 3 available)

• Ray Optics
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  
• Institute of Physics: Total Internal Reflection and Fibre Optics
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  Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, WJEC P3.3. Pages from the Institute of Physics demonstrating reflection and total internal reflection and its uses, including the use of optical fibres to transmit d...
  
  

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WJEC (Showing 3 of 3 available)

• Ray Optics
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  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  
• Institute of Physics: Total Internal Reflection and Fibre Optics
    Web link 
  Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, WJEC P3.3. Pages from the Institute of Physics demonstrating reflection and total internal reflection and its uses, including the use of optical fibres to transmit d...
  
  

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Activity Resources (Showing 4 of 6 available)

• Ray Optics
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  
• S-cool!: Analogue and Digital Wave Signals
    Web link 
  Edexcel P3 6.4. The use of analogue and digital waves to carry data, including the advantages and disadvantages of each - information and diagrams from the S-Cool website. Suitable for teachers and a...
  
  
• Institute of Physics: Total Internal Reflection and Fibre Optics
    Web link 
  Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, WJEC P3.3. Pages from the Institute of Physics demonstrating reflection and total internal reflection and its uses, including the use of optical fibres to transmit d...
  
  

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Instructional (Showing 1 of 1 available)

• Telescope Power
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  OCR Twenty First Century P7.2. Webpage explaining telescope power and its magnification. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
  
  

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Learning Resource (Showing 4 of 7 available)

• Ray Optics
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, OCR Twenty First Century P7.2, WJEC P3.3. Animated learning package on ray optics from the American Physics Classroom website. Suitable for teachers and m...
  
  
• Mirrors and Lenses
    Web link 
  AQA 13.4, Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5h, WJEC P3.3. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on mirrors and lenses which includes specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with ans...
  
  
• S-cool!: Analogue and Digital Wave Signals
    Web link 
  Edexcel P3 6.4. The use of analogue and digital waves to carry data, including the advantages and disadvantages of each - information and diagrams from the S-Cool website. Suitable for teachers and a...
  
  
• Institute of Physics: Total Internal Reflection and Fibre Optics
    Web link 
  Edexcel P3 6.1-5, OCR Gateway P5g, WJEC P3.3. Pages from the Institute of Physics demonstrating reflection and total internal reflection and its uses, including the use of optical fibres to transmit d...
  
  

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