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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interior Angles in Convex Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will move the pentagon points to explore convex polygons. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.
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My Science Site

Mirrors, Lenses and Your Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores the science behind light and how mirrors reflect it. Also contains information on lenses both convex and concave.
Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.
Unit Plan
University of California

University of California: Triangles and Simplices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of California deals with different applications and topics pertaining to triangles, particularly triangulation.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction and Ray Model of Light: Refraction by Lenses

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use this tutorial to investigate the refractive ability of converging and diverging lenses.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Concave Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide for learning all about concave shapes with definitions, the difference between concave and convex, examples, and practice questions.
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Curated OER

World of Escher: Concave and Convex

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, although mostly for selling artwork prints by M.C. Escher, provides a good picture of Escher's famous piece lithograph, "Convex and Concave." Includes some informative text.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Lenses and Light

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about lenses and light in the science of physics including concave, convex, converging, diverging, focal point, meniscus, and Plano lenses.
Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Microscopy Primer: Concave Mirrors: Real Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Florida State University offers an interactive Java applet demonstrating the object-image relationships for a concave mirror. The position of the object can be dragged along the principal axis and the location, orientation, and size of...
Article
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Ray Diagrams for Concave Mirrors Case A

For Students 9th - 10th
Ray diagrams are useful tools for determining the location of an image as produced by a concave mirror. All concave and convex mirror ray diagrams can be constructed from knowledge of the behavior of two rays. Learn here about ray diagrams.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Fun House Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the effect of concave and convex mirrors. Combine concave and convex mirrors to design a fun house mirror that will create the distorted pictures of Melissa and Sam.
Article
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Ray Diagrams for Concave Mirrors Case B

For Students 9th - 10th
Ray diagrams are useful tools for determining the location of an image as produced by a concave mirror. Of all the rays which emanate from the top of the object arrow and are incident to the mirror, there are two rays whose behavior at...
Article
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Ray Diagrams for Concave Mirrors Case D

For Students 9th - 10th
Ray diagrams are useful tools for determining the location of an image as produced by a concave mirror. Of all the rays which emanate from the top of the object arrow and are incident to the mirror, there are two rays whose behavior at...
Interactive
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Aplicaciones De La Derivada

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this interactive unit learn how to calculate intervals of growth and decay, maximum and minimum value of a function, the intervals of concavity and convexity and the turning points of a function.
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Curated OER

World of Escher: Concave and Convex

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, although mostly for selling artwork prints by M.C. Escher, provides a good picture of Escher's famous piece lithograph, "Convex and Concave." Includes some informative text.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Exterior Angles in Convex Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate exterior angles of regular polygons. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Exterior Angles in Convex Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the measure of the exterior angles of a polygon. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Lens

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a lens is and what it does, concave and convex lenses.
Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Convex Polyhedron

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines a convex polyhedron in terms of vectors and matrices. A table of examples, as well as an illustration, are given. This site has numerous links to related Math World sites.
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The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website has basic definitions for most polygons, regular and irregular.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Mirrors in Imaging

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from Georgia State University of different types of mirrors and the images which they create. Discusses different instruments which use mirrors to produce images.
Activity
Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Lens Activity

For Students 3rd - 8th
An investigation into how lenses behave. Students explore using convex and concave lenses in various ways and record their observations. They are then are directed to another site to try activities where they can manipulate virtual lenses.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Mirror Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University discusses the means by which mirrors and lenses are combined to produce an optical instrument which accomplishes a specific purpose. Good illustrations.
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Other

University of Montana: Curved Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculus tutorial with curved mirrors includes narrative and video presentations as well as other interactive tools.

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