- This optical bench is a core equipment set for middle school physics teaching experiments, enabling students to explore the world of light through hands-on activities. - Function and educational value - Supports practical, hands-on learning that helps students understand optical principles. - Serves as an educational tool to stimulate curiosity about science and the behavior of light. - Provides a platform for students to engage in scientific exploration, promoting critical thinking and problem solving in physics. - Key benefits for students - Builds practical skills through real experiments such as studying reflection and refraction of light. - Encourages active participation, making the learning process more engaging and effective. - Design and usability - User friendly, allowing middle school students to easily set up and carry out experiments. - Facilitates straightforward setup and operation to support classroom learning and experiment repetition. - Attributes and performance - Function: enables a variety of light-based experiments and investigations. - Compatibility: suitable for middle school physics curricula focused on optics. - Size: compact and classroom-friendly to fit standard educational spaces. - Material and build: designed for classroom use with a practical and durable construction. - Performance: supports multiple experiments, helping students observe, measure, and analyze light behavior. - Use scenarios and applications - Scenario 1: Study reflection and refraction to illustrate how light changes direction at boundaries and to compare angles of incidence and refraction. - Scenario 2: Experimental alignment and measurement activities, allowing students to adjust components and observe how changes affect light paths. - Scenario 3: Small group projects to investigate optical principles such as the effect of different mediums on light speed and direction, reinforcing collaborative problem solving and data analysis.