Working at this station, students use plane and curved mirrors to observe and measure the angles of incident and reflected rays. Using their data, students apply their understanding of Snell„¢s Law and straight-line travel to explain how mirrors can focus light and produce reversed images. The activities in this module (and in the related LAB-P104-S01, LAB-P104-S02, and LABP104-S04 modules) were originally part of longer units developed at the University of Kentucky. The station approach allows you to offer a variety of concurrent activities for different student groups.

 

This kit was written and designed by professors at the University of Kentucky.

 

• 1 Lab-Aids Light Station
• 2 Plane mirrors
• 3 Plane mirror holders
• 1 Flexible, two-sided mirror
• 1 Flexible mirror holder
• 1 Single-slot mask
• 1 Three-slot mask
• 1 T-shaped beam blocker
• 1 Viewing screen
• 1 Yellow wooden rod
• 1 Green wooden rod
• 1 Piece of aluminum foil
• 1 Piece of white paper
• 1 Piece of colored paper
• 1 Piece of string
• 2 Colored pencils
• 3 Glue dots
• 10 Tape pieces, removable
• 1 Teacher's Guide
• 1 Transparency

• Number of Students: 1 small group
• To complete the activities in this four-activity kit requires four to eight ~50-minute class periods