Change the wavelength, the slit separation and the distance to the screen, and watch the interference pattern respond.
Two slits. The light from the two slits overlaps on the screen. Where the path difference is a whole number of wavelengths the waves add up (bright), and where it is a half-integer number they cancel (dark).
d sinθ = mλ (bright), d sinθ = (m + ½)λ (dark), Δy = λL/d
What changes the spacing. The fringes are further apart for a longer wavelength or a longer distance to the screen, and closer together for wider-spaced slits. The width of each slit does not change the spacing.
Single-slit envelope. Each slit is also wide enough to diffract the light, which spreads out the pattern. The double-slit fringes sit inside a broad envelope with its first minimum where a sinθ = λ. A narrower slit gives a wider envelope. The intensity is the product of the two effects: I = I0 [sin(α)/α]2 cos2(β), with α = πa sinθ/λ and β = πd sinθ/λ.
The screen shows a 10 cm wide strip, with the brightness made a little more generous than the graph, as your eyes would see it. The slits in the top picture are not to scale.
Learn more in the Double slit lesson. Original idea by Aaron (Scots College), rebuilt in the Physics High style.