CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Mirrors
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How a mirror forms images and how to distinguish between real and virtual images, and the different types of mirrors and the images they produce.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Study Chirality With a Homemade Polarimeter
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Objects in the Mirror Are...' Actually Images in the Mirror
This article from Khan Academy provides information about mirrors. This information is intended for the Class 12 Physics Course (India).
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Images, Quantitatively
This article helps students quantitatively describe the changes in images on mirrors or other surfaces.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Corner Reflector
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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Duck Into Kaleidoscope
Create hundreds of images of yourself in this activity by making a mirrored kaleidoscope.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Giant Lens
In this activity, students create an image that hangs in midair by using a lens.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Mirror, Mirror
Try this at-home science experiment that shows how your brain works with what you see.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Parabolas
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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Look Into Infinity
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.
Optical Society
Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Mirrors and Images
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.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Mirror, Mirror
In this tutorial, Bill Nye uses a mirror to help the learner understand how our brain processes images.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Optics
Students discover how mirrors affect optics in this module through reading informational text, watching animations, and answering self-checking practice questions.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Kaleidoscope
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.