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Banayo R. - Activity 1.3 Take Home Experiment in Refraction

The document describes a take-home experiment titled 'A Broken Pencil' that demonstrates the concept of refraction using a pencil, a transparent glass, and water. Observations include the pencil appearing larger when submerged, looking bent when leaned, and appearing broken when positioned at certain angles due to the bending of light. The experiment highlights how light refracts when transitioning between different mediums, affecting the perceived appearance of the pencil.

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Banayo R. - Activity 1.3 Take Home Experiment in Refraction

The document describes a take-home experiment titled 'A Broken Pencil' that demonstrates the concept of refraction using a pencil, a transparent glass, and water. Observations include the pencil appearing larger when submerged, looking bent when leaned, and appearing broken when positioned at certain angles due to the bending of light. The experiment highlights how light refracts when transitioning between different mediums, affecting the perceived appearance of the pencil.

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Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University


Province of Laguna
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Level I Institutionally Accredited

Name: Banayo, Royeth D. Date Submitted: February 20, 2023


Section: BSEd. SCIENCE III-A Subject: Waves and Optics

Activity 1.3 Take Home Experiment in Refraction

Take-Home Experiment: A Broken Pencil


A classic observation of refraction occurs when a pencil is placed in a glass half filled with
water. Do this and observe the shape of the pencil when you look at the pencil sideways, that is,
through air, glass, water. Explain your observations. Draw ray diagrams for the situation.

Photo Documentation. Insert photos here to document your laboratory activity. Write 1 to
3 sentences caption for each photo to illustrate your observation

Figure 1. In this experiment, Figure 2. Putting the pencil Figure 3. The first phenomenon
entitled "A Broken Pencil," the inside the transparent glass I noticed was the increase in the
materials needed are a pencil, without the presence of water, no pencil's size once the other (half)
transparent glass, and water. reaction or phenomenon occurs. portion was submerged in water.

Figure 4. The pencil only Figure 5. Once the pencil Figure 6. Once the pencil was
appears bent or broken when it leans more and more, it will placed towards one end of the
is leaned to one side. look completely snapped in glass, it completely looked
the middle. broken across the top.
Republic of the Philippines
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Province of Laguna
ISO 9001:2015 Certified
Level I Institutionally Accredited

Synthesis of Observation. Create 5 to 7 sentences to summarize your observation in relation to concepts


under study.

In this experiment, entitled "A Broken Pencil," the materials needed are a pencil, transparent glass,
and water. In this take-home experiment, I have learned that the pencil shows different effects
relevant to its position. Upon conducting this experiment, the first phenomenon I noticed was the
increase in the pencil's size once the other (half) portion was submerged in water. Second, I observed
that the pencil only appears bent or broken when it is leaned to one side. Once the pencil leans more
and more, it will look completely snapped in the middle. Third, once the pencil was placed towards
one end of the glass, it completely looked broken across the top. So, how do these phenomena occur?
These cases occur due to the refraction of light. Light bends when it travels from one material to
another or one medium to another. As the light hits the pencil, it bends or refracts around the pencil
causing it to look like it is bent in the water. More so, light has more speed in the air than water
because light waves are electromagnetic transverse waves. They can travel through a vacuum, and
any particles they contact slow them down.

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