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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: The Mirror Equation Convex

For Students 9th - 10th
While a ray diagram may help one determine the approximate location and size of the image, it will not provide numerical information about image distance and image size. To obtain this, students are introduced to the Mirror Equation and...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Reflection/image Convex

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, we will follow a pattern of inquiry for convex mirrors: investigating how convex mirrors reflect light and produce images.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Mirrors: Optics Bench Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the physics behind those fun-house mirrors. Students manipulate a virtual optics bench to explore the images formed by mirrors and lenses.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lens and Mirror Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the location of the image in this interactive simulation of a lens and mirror optics bench. Both converging and diverging lenses and mirrors are included.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Mirror Portion Required

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial which demonstrates how ray diagrams can be used to determine what portion of a plane mirror must be used in order to view an image.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Image Formation Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
Students take an in-depth look at the physics behind image formation.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Image From Converging Mirror 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the height and location of the image formed by a converging mirror.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Image From Diverging Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the height and location of the image formed by a diverging mirror.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Image Formation for Concave Mirrors: Case B

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page that explores how an image is formed in a concave mirror. Page includes a ray diagram that shows the geometrical lines of sight.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Converging Mirror Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This mini lab was designed to quickly find the properties of an image created by a converging mirror. You will be able to vary the shape of the mirror and the height and location of the object.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and the Ray Model of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-lesson tutorial on the reflection and the ray model of light. These complete tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension questions.
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Activity
Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Mirrors and Images

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to investigate how many images appear as the angle between two hinged mirrors is increased. Accompanied by an explanation of what is happening, questions for students to consider, and a link to an article about reflection.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Mirror, Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye uses a mirror to help the learner understand how our brain processes images.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Mirror, Mirror

For Students K - 1st
Try this at-home science experiment that shows how your brain works with what you see.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The New Zoos: The Wilder, the Better

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Starlight Riddle

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from NASA provides an interestinnng approach to telescopes. "Almost all telescopes nowadays use mirrors, not lenses, to gather and focus the light from celestial objects. We have just seen, though, that mirrors reverse the...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Corner Reflector

For Students 9th - 10th
By creating a kaleidoscope using a set of hinged mirrors students can see themselves as others do! This activity uses mirrors to create multiple images of an object.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Duck Into Kaleidoscope

For Students 9th - 10th
Create hundreds of images of yourself in this activity by making a mirrored kaleidoscope.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Study Chirality With a Homemade Polarimeter

For Students 9th - 10th
Some molecules can be either left- or right-"handed." The left- and right-handed molecules have the same number and type of atoms, and their chemical structures look identical, but they are actually mirror images of each other. Many...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Prom Night

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the Law of Reflection by plane mirrors and the formation of virtual images. Use the simulation to play with variables for a variety of reflections. Further examples explaining how mirrors...
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Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Reflection of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth discussion on reflection of light can be found here. Among the topics discussed include are the difference between specular and diffuse reflection, concave and convex mirrors, facets, total internal reflection, and much more....
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Unit Plan
Open Ed

Open Ed Sci: 6.1 Light & Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How does a one-way mirror work? Though most everyone knows that one-way mirrors exist, having students model how they work turns out to be a very effective way to develop their thinking about how visible light travels and how we see...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Light as a Ray and the Law of Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explain the ray model of light, describe the law of reflection, and investigate how images are formed from flat mirrors.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover how mirrors affect optics in this module through reading informational text, watching animations, and answering self-checking practice questions.

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