phetsims / bending-light

"Bending Light" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/bending-light
GNU General Public License v3.0
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User request: option to hide reflection #382

Open oliver-phet opened 5 years ago

oliver-phet commented 5 years ago

it would be nice to have a way to switch off the partially reflected ray in the "Bending light" simulation. Most of my students don't need to know about it. Recently I was in a school and used the simulation very briefly to illustrate refraction in a waves revision class, and was very surprised when one student put the ray in on the test they were revising for - it's good that they know about it, and would see it if they do the experiment, but it would be better if I could control it so I can explain what it is at an appropriate point.