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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Images, Quantitatively

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps students quantitatively describe the changes in images on mirrors or other surfaces.
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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
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Giant Lens

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students create an image that hangs in midair by using a lens.
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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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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreate this optical illusion using two parabolic mirrors to make it appear like an object is in the center, when it is really just its image. This experiment requires special equipment which may need to be purchased.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Look Into Infinity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity students will create images of images of images that can repeat forever. Students will recreate this effect by setting up two acrylic plastic mirrors.
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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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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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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Kaleidoscope

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows the view from inside a kaleidoscope. The shapes and colors are reflected in a symmetrical pattern by the mirrors inside the kaleidoscope.