Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Lesson 3: Concave Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson 3 of this tutorial on refraction is on concave mirrors. Content that is covered includes the anatomy of curved mirrors, reflection of light and image formation, ray diagrams, image characteristics for concave mirrors, plus more.
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.
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...
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Image Formation for Concave Mirrors: Case B

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page that explores how an image is formed in a concave mirror. Page includes a ray diagram that shows the geometrical lines of sight.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Ray Diagrams Concave

For Students 9th - 10th
In this physics tutorial, students investigate the method for drawing ray diagrams for objects placed at various locations in front of a concave mirror.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Anatomy of a Curved Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics tutorial focused on the behavior of light as it relates to concave mirrors.
Article
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Image Formation for Concave Mirrors Case A

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation depicts the path of light to each person's eye. Different people are sighting in different directions; yet each person is sighting at the same image location. In this animation the image location is the intersection point...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Reflection Rules Concave

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn two rules of reflection as it has to do with concave mirrors. These two rules will greatly simplify the task of determining the image locations for objects placed in front of concave mirrors.
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and the Ray Model of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-lesson tutorial on the reflection and the ray model of light. These complete tutorials include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension questions.
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.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: The Way a Mirror Works Lab (Concave)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationship between the radius of curvature and the location of the focal point for a mirror like situation.
Handout
Boston University

Bu: Optics: Geometric Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Several short descriptions of demonstrations which illustrate principles of geometric optics (many of which focus upon refraction).