In this space activity, students will review different aspects of light, sound, and radio waves in space and the use of different types of telescopes. This activity has 17 fill in the blank statements.

High schoolers study the eye. In this biology lesson plan, students observe and experiment with visual images as they learn about the basic parts of the eye. High schoolers also demonstrate how an image is projected upon the retinal...

Students create their own cameras to understand how artists use light to capture an image in a photograph. For this light lesson plan, students use tape, wax paper, rubber bands, and more to create their cameras.

Young scholars construct a simple refracting telescope. They calculate the magnification.

Students make a pinhole viewer to demonstrate how it inverts light passing through it which produces inverted images.

Students explore the world of the very small using a Flash plug-in Virtual Electron Microscope. They complete and discuss an activity in which unknown samples are placed under the computer simulated microscope to determine where the...

Students explore the parts of a microscope. In this microscope lesson, students examine simple and compound microscopes. Students discover how the parts of a microscope work together to generate an image.

Seventh graders describe and conduct an experiment that identifies the physical properties of light. They explore sources of visible light and an electromagnetic spectrum. Students explain the conversion of one form of energy to another.

In this online interactive reflection and refraction activity, students respond to 7 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.

Students explore vision by experimenting with lenses in equipment. In this optics instructional activity, students define the different technology that enhances vision such as microscopes, telescopes and cameras. Students experiment with...

Students compare and calculate the light gathering power of lenses. They determine the ability of various lenses and mirrors to gather light.

Students analyze a microscope and study what they do.  In this investigative lesson students study how microscopes were first invented, and how ray diagrams are used in conjunction. 

Learners study the movement of light. In this light lesson plan, students work in groups to participate in a light and shadow walk around their neighborhood. Learners brainstorm rules for light movement and watch videos about light...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Change the focal point in this interactive convex lens to see how the focal length changes. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for understanding.

A comprehensive guide for learning all about convex shapes with definitions, examples, and practice questions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation exploring how contact lens correct your vision!.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students describe and predict image formation as a consequence of refraction through a thin convex lens.

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.

This is an informative site from Georgia State University. It gives a discussion of the thin lens equation and an illustration of its use in determining the image distance based upon the object distance and the focal length.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a lens is and what it does, concave and convex lenses.

This passage will test your knowledge on lenses.

Illustrated diagrams in this tutorial help students understand the properties and functions of lenses.

This lesson explains what lenses are, the different between a converging and diverging lens, the difference between a double convex and double concave lens, and gives definitions for terms related to lenses.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe how the location of the virtual image changes by dragging the red dots on the object.