Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

Do Polar Bears Have Fiber Optic Fur?

12th - Higher Ed
Humans may use fiber optic technology to make everything from novelty desk toys to high speed internet cables, but Nature has its own ideas. For decades, scientists have debated to what extent polar bears may use the optical properties...
Instructional Video2:46
Curated Video

Fibre Optics

6th - 12th
Light can be transported over huge distances via fibre optic cables, losing virtually no information. How is this possible? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Fibre-optic cables carry information from our phones and computers as light. A...
Instructional Video4:44
Higgsino Physics

Optical Physics Basics

12th - Higher Ed
Optical physics. Explaining and what Refraction, total internal reflection and dispersion is. Refraction is the bending of the light rays path, when it passes a new medium. When the index of refraction is greater in the new medium and...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Waves and Optics: Total Internal Reflection

9th - 10th
A discussion of critical incident angle and total internal reflection. [7:55]
Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Total Internal Reflection

9th - 10th
Demonstration and explanation of total internal reflection, and description of its use in fibre optics.