Educational Media Awareness Campaign/Physics/POTD 8


Refraction of light in water
This diagram shows how light is refracted to create the illusion of a pencil being bent by dipping in water. Click on the image for a full size version which you can freely re-use and modify. Print it and use it for your lessons, integrate it into your pages on Wikiversity, or use it in other learning resources and websites. Use the links below to find more images like this one.

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