Can you bend light waves using water? Physics Girl demonstrates this phenomenon and explains how it happens as part of her larger series. She then details the applications and even explains how the Internet works.

Concepts

light, water, the law of reflection, fiber optics, the internet

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Perform the bending light experiment shown during class
• Discuss other applications for fiber optics

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of the properties of lightwaves

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes subtitles in both English and Spanish for ease of note taking
• Works well in traditional or flipped classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4