Re: Dry "wet" roads

[Larry Woolf <larry.woolf@GAT.COM>]

In general, the Optics for Kids site is a great resource:
http://www.opticsforkids.org/

For mirages, take a look at:
http://www.optics4kids.org/resources/GO_10.pdf

There is a nice experiment that relates to this question.

Larry Woolf;General Atomics;San Diego CA
92121;Ph:858-526-8575;FAX:858-526-8568; www.ga.com; www.sci-ed-ga.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard L Bowman
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 2:59 AM
> Subject: Dry "wet" roads
>
> A class of fourth and fifth grade students have emailed me some questions
> about light. They are all good questions and a challenge to answer in the
> vocabulary of this age group. However, one has me a bit stumped.
> Can anyone
> point me in a good direction for answering the following?
>           Why does a road appear wet on a hot day?
> We are having rainy weather here now, but I am assuming they are asking
> about what we see at low angles from the road surface.