Light & Sound

Our Light and Sound collection provides physics equipment for exploring the properties of light and sound waves in school and university classrooms. These tools support practical investigation of reflection, refraction, diffraction, and acoustic phenomena.

Resources include light source kits, ray boxes, lenses, prisms, tuning forks, and sound generation equipment aligned with the CAPS Physical Sciences curriculum.

SmartLabs supplies light and sound equipment to schools and labs across South Africa. Browse our range for affordable, practical tools for teaching wave physics effectively.



What is Light & Sound equipment?

Light and Sound equipment lets learners investigate how waves behave, from how light bends and splits into colour to how sound is produced and travels through vibration.

SmartLabs stocks ray boxes, prism and lens sets, tuning forks, and an Optics and Light wall chart. Every resource is chosen to support CAPS Natural Sciences and Physical Sciences topics for South African schools.

Common uses of Light & Sound equipment in the classroom

From sound vibration to light reflection and refraction.

  • Tuning Fork Set

    A boxed set of aluminium tuning forks of graduated sizes, letting learners hear and compare how frequency and pitch relate to sound.

  • Mirrored Ray Box Kit

    A ray box with mirrors, lenses and coloured filters for demonstrating how light travels, reflects and bends through different materials.

  • Glass Prism & Lens Set

    A set of glass prisms and lenses in different shapes, used to show how light refracts and splits into a visible spectrum.

  • Optics and Light Wall Chart

    This wall chart gives learners a permanent visual reference for how light is reflected, refracted and split into colour.