Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Critical Angle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can see light reflected and refracted in this demonstration. They will also discover the total internal reflection of light.
Unit Plan
Other

Gcse.com: Physics: Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site provides illustrated tutorial of light reflection. Also discusses the law of reflection.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: The Law of Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an illustrated tutorial and some interactive practice problems, students learn about the law of reflection of light.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Total Internal Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about total internal reflection. More specifically, they will learn what the critical angle is, how it is derived and how to solve for it in real life...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Reflection and Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Reflection and refraction are explained with an experiment that uses a sheet of paper, cardboard, and other common materials.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Traditional Copy an Angle: Compass Construction Using Cabri

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use Cabri Jr to copy an angle. The activity is followed by a student-to-student interview/reflection sheet intended to require students to think, talk, and write about why the construction worked. The reflection sheet could be adapted...
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Reflection and Refraction of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines the refraction of light and provides an applet for investigating it.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Bending Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate variables and measure angles as light is refracted in this interactive simulation.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Bending Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore bending of light between two media with different indices of refraction. See how changing from air to water to glass changes the bending angle. Play with prisms of different shapes and make rainbows.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Putt Putt Golf in the Math Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Putt-Putt golf can be a great tool in helping students understand angles and their reflections. Here a teacher demonstrates the "Course," set up in his classroom to assist in explaining to students how to use geometry and angles in...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages young scholars to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Polarization by Absorption

For Students 9th - 10th
The operation of Polaroid filters on a pair of sunglasses is shown.

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