Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Reflections of Light

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why can we see our reflection in a window but not a brick wall? Young physicists learn the Law of Reflection and various light properties that help them answer this and other questions about reflection. Use the PowerPoint to introduce...
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.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: General Properties of Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Light travels as waves. Waves can be described by their amplitude, wavelength and frequency. The speed of a wave can be calculated from its frequency and wavelength.
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.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Create a Pinhole Camera

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students construct their own pinhole camera to observe the behavior of light.