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| GUIDES | |
| 1 |
Advanced Light Examples Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, and worked out examples. |
| 2 |
Mirrors
and Lenses Examples Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, and worked out examples. |
| 3 |
Mirror
Measures & Equations Illustrated delineation of the parameters of spherical mirror optics. Equations are listed. |
| 4 |
Principal
Rays for Mirrors Illustrated guidelines for drawing each of four principal rays for spherical mirror image formation |
| 5 |
Lens
Lengths & Equations Illustrated delineation of the parameters of thin lens optics. Equations are listed. |
| 6 |
Principal
Rays for Lenses Illustrated guidelines for drawing each of four principal rays for thin lens image formation. |
| JOBS | |
| 1 |
Snell's Law Springboard
- Answers Classroom discussion and mathematical activity, |
| 2 |
Magnification Springboard at
Teachers Pay Teachers A classroom discussion of the application and interpretation of image magnification. |
| 3 |
Image
Characterization at Teachers Pay Teachers Upright/Inverted. Enlarged/Reduced. Real/Virtual. |
| 4 |
Ray Tracing 1: Converging Mirrors at
Teachers Pay Teachers Draw principal rays to locate images formed by a converging mirror. |
| 5 |
Ray Tracing 2: Diverging Mirrors at
Teachers Pay Teachers Draw principal rays to locate images formed by a diverging mirror. |
| 6 |
Ray Tracing 3:
Converging Lenses at Teachers Pay
Teachers Draw principal rays to locate images formed by a converging lens. |
| 7 |
Ray Tracing 4:
Diverging Lenses at Teachers Pay
Teachers Draw principal rays to locate images formed by a diverging lens. |
| 8 |
Ray Tracing Image
Meta-analysis at Teachers Pay Teachers Seeing the patterns in the image characteristics. |
| 9 |
Geometric
Optics Number Crunch Use the equations for thin lenses and magnification. The answers are built-in. |
| 10 | Normal Lenses and
Inverted Index Lenses - Answers Concave lenses converging? Convex lenses diverging? Yes! |
| LAB | |
| 1 |
Using Snell's Law Lab Springboard
- Answers Classroom lab activity and discussion. |
| 2 |
Using TIR to Determine n
Lab Springboard
- Answers Classroom lab activity and discussion. |
| 3 |
Mirror
Experience at Teachers Pay Teachers Use handheld spherical mirrors to see the variety of images produced. |
| 4 |
Reflections II LSB
- Answers A discussion lab investigating spherical mirrors using ray box optics. |
| 5 |
Lens
Experience at Teachers Pay Teachers Use a converging lens (such as a Fresnel lens) to see the variety of images produced. |
| 6 |
Image a
Nation - Scoring Key Optics bench lab; image formation. |
| 7 |
Water Lenses Lab Springboard
- Answers Water-filled cells immersed in air. |
| 8 | Air Lenses Lab Springboard -
Answers Air-filled cells immersed in water. |
| OTHER | |
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Mirrors and Lenses Begins With an
M (QuickTime) Part of the "Physics Begins with an M" series. Interactive slideshow: click the image to advance to the next slide. Requires QuickTime. Mirrors and Lenses Begins With an M Keynote A nifty Keynote presentation of the M's. Requires Keynote. (Keynote is Apple's presentation software; PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation software.) Trust me, neither Keynote nor PowerPoint are The Great Saviors of education. I recommend using them sparingly if at all. Better to teach! |
| 3 | MIRRORS
(QuickTime) Most of what there is to know about spherical mirrors. Names, distances, principal rays, and image characteristics. Interactive slideshow: click the image to advance to the next slide. Requires QuickTime. |
| 4 | LENSES
(QuickTime) Most of what there is to know about thin lenses. Names, distances, principal rays, and image characteristics. Interactive slideshow: click the image to advance to the next slide. Requires QuickTime. |
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