Bending the Light fantastic Lasers make a bright beam of light.
Shine the beam through a large page-magnifier fesnel lens to
show how the lens bends light to create images. A small low
power laser such as a laser pointer. A page magnifier fresnel
lens cardboard with a white side to use as a screen steel
support, such as a dead lantern battery, Straight edge or
straight sided piece of wood. Mount the fresnel lens on a table,
clip two large binder clips to the bottom of the lens, then
place the lens so that it is perpendicular to the table. Mount
the laser to a steel object with binder clips and magnets. See
Magnetic Optical Mount the laser so that its beam is parallel to
the floor and shines through the center of the fresnel lens.
Lasermagnetically attached to steel block with beam passing
through the center of the fresnel lens Tape down a straightedge
or a piece of wood to the table parallel to the fresnel lens. To
Do and Notice / What's Going On? Parallel beams shining into the
lens come together at the foca