+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plane Mirrors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the law of reflection by using mirrors. In this physics lesson, students operate a robot using IR controllers. They explain the path of light as it reflects through a surface.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magic Mirror Box

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students observe a plywood box with mirrors. In this mirror and light instructional activity, students make informal, individual investigations with a plywood box that has been fitted with mirror squares. They use observation skills and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Texas in the Mirror

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research their own and others' perceptions about Texas and become familiar with various symbols from other cultures. In this Texas in the Mirror lesson plan, students write a web page with a picture of a Texan symbol. Students...
+
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lead your class in a fun-filled team activity that encourages collaboration while learning important concepts. Pupils actively participate in a discussion on the experimental design and the role of mirrors. They perform group activities...
+
Activity
NASA

Build a Relay Inspired by Space Communications

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Learn how the professionals at NASA send information across space. Engineers use a microdevice, laser pointer, and mirrors as relays to model data transmission in space. Scholars program a microdevice to detect light received and test...
+
Handout
Curated OER

Reflection and Refraction

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What is a prism? A place for light waves that commit minor refractions! The thorough resource includes three hands-on investigations covering light reflection and refraction; mirrors, lenses, and images; and optical systems. Subject...
+
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mirrors and Lenses

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify the characteristics of mirrors and lenses. In groups, they describe the types of images formed by converging and diverging mirrors and calculate the magnification of a spherical mirror. They follow the same procedure...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Look in the Mythic Mirror: I've Got Rhythm!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners explore the relationships between music, poetry, and visual art. Using the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, pupils develop an awareness of the compositional elements of the Classical style, and the aesthetic effects of those...
+
PPT
Mr. E. Science

Light

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Where does bad light end up? In a prism! The presentation covers light, mirrors, lenses, and the structure of the eye. It also provides explanations of reflection, refraction, concave and convex mirrors and lenses, and a comparison of...
+
Lesson Plan
Chandler Unified School District

Art Masterpiece—Leonardo da Vinci Inventions

For Teachers 6th
After getting to know the inventor, Leonardo da Vinci and his many inventions, scholars think up their own invention. Following a written description and a hand-drawn picture, learners use a method of mirror writing and antiquing to give...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking Into the Mirror

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners survey the impact of racial, cultural, and/or socio-economic intolerance in their own lives in relation to other individuals. They develop written and oral proposals to solve inequality and intolerance on a local, state,...
+
Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Canada

Self-Portrait, Mirrors and Metamorphosis!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using M.C. Escher's Hand with Reflecting Sphere as inspiration, learners create their own set of self-portraits using various reflective surfaces. The instructional activity begins with a discussion about portraiture and ends with a...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Multiple Images Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
In this images worksheet, students use different sized mirrors to determine how many angles and images are reflected. Students complete 5 sets of directions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflecting Light

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students are introduced to the reflective properties of light and use mirrors to make light from a source reflect onto a specific target. They take turns and record the amount of time it took to correctly reflect the light.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Year 6 Booster shape pg 1

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reflection worksheet, students reflect the shapes in the mirror lines and draw them on the other side. They complete 2 drawings. The answers are on the last page.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking at the Man in the Mirror

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on their behavior by listening to an audio tape of Michael Jackson's song, "The Man in the Mirror."
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Principles in Living Systems

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experiment with white light, plane mirrors, and curved mirrors in order to demonstrate the physical principles of living systems. In this physical principles lesson plan, 7th graders take 3 days to discover what happens...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

???The Hell of Mirrors??? by Edogawa Rampo

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners read and analyze the story "The Hell of Mirrors," by Edogawa Rampo. They watch a video excerpt, answer discussion questions, construct a periscope, complete handouts, define key vocabulary terms, take a quiz, and write a book...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Arrangements of 2, 3, 4, and 5 Cubes

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners use problem solving skills to create various models of tricubes, tetracubes, and pentacubes. They classify the cubes into various groupings and identify them as mirror images, regular arrangements, and irregular arrangements....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How We See Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explain that when a beam of light is reflected from its surface, it changes direction. In this virtual science experiment lesson plan, students complete an activity that requires them to investigate how flat mirrors reflect...
+
Interactive
Curated OER

M is for Mirror: Letter Mm

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Mm worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the uppercase and lowercase letter Mm. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then trace and print the word mirror.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflection of Light With Two Plane Mirrors- Double Mirrors Placed at a Number of Angles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students place two plane mirrors at different angles to experiment with reflection. They make kaleidoscopes and periscopes.
+
Interactive
Physics LAB

Spherical Mirrors

For Students Higher Ed
In this mirrors worksheet, students identify the equation that describes the relationship between the mirror's focal length and its radius. Students compare images reflected through concave mirrors and different distances. This worksheet...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.

Other popular searches