Discovery Prism

by Educational Insights

Product Features

• Divides white light into a colorful spectrum
• High-quality, optical glass
• 4 inch prism
• Excellent for optics and physics studies
• Ages 8+

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007COAPC
• Item model number: 5263
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,712 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #32 in Toys & Games > Novelty & Gag Toys > Prisms & Kaleidoscopes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

High-quality, 4” optical glass prism divides white light into a colorful spectrum. Excellent for optics and physics studies.

Product Description

Divide light into color instantly! High-quality 4-inch optical prism divides white light into a colorful spectrum. Excellent for optics and physics studies. Includes a fun and informative guide book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading picture, March 18, 2007

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C. Layton (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery Prism (Toy)

This prism was significantly more expensive that the least expensive but is listed as having a book that goes with it. The book is actually about 2 inches wide and 4 inches long and contains so little that its hard to believe anyone could list it as a "fun and informative guide book".

Pass on this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair,, December 29, 2010

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david palzer (SILVER SPRING, MD, US) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Discovery Prism (Toy)

Itsalso not optical grade and edges were a little rough cut. This just a section cut from a long plastic extruded rod. You can get them all over the web from plastic suppliers and cut them yourself if you have a power saw table. I don't. You can (carefully!) melt the cut edges with a torch to polish quickly. Glass works much better, but breaks,this doesn't, and the scratches that happen can even create interesting effects sometimes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars definitely safe hard to break for schoolkids, November 30, 2010

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v (United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Discovery Prism (Toy)

i could not get this to produce the rainbows with office lighting,led-type flashlights. i am going to try regular lilghtbulbs. it works with sunlight. i am not a science teacher so i do not know if a glass (breakable) prism would give me more light sources for the rainbow effects or if it has to have sunlight. They were still fun to watch the refracting angles it would send the light to, but i was trying to produce rainbows at a nighttime class. It es extremely tough and durable and cheap compared to the allglass ones though.