+
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Film Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the constructive and destructive interference of waves as they reflect off the front and back surfaces of soap film. See what colorful effects can be created on a large, vertical soap film surface where gravity comes into play.
+
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Your Father's Nose

For Students 9th - 10th
After constructing a frame with a mirror made of horizontal strips, explore what your face would look like if it was made up of half of someone else's.
+
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: North Sea: How Do We Measure the Intensity of Light?

For Students 4th - 6th
Students learn in this lesson about light intensity and the units used to measure it, the reflection of light, and how the amount of light can be increased using more lightbulbs.
+
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Needing Illumination: Investigating Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is the first lesson of this unit to introduce light. In this lesson, students learn the five words that describe how light interacts with objects: "transparent," "translucent," "opaque," "reflection" and "refraction."
+
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Law of Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
The law of reflection is discussed and explained, accompanied by an animation depicting this law. Includes a list of links to detailed information about certain types of reflections.
+
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Refraction

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Refraction of light in matter and how light changes its speed and angle of refraction according to the type of medium it is travelling through.
+
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.
+
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Light Travels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, the students will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: The Line of Sight

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore this simple physics principle: In order to view an object, you must sight along a line at that object; and when you do light will come from that object to your eye along the line of sight.
+
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.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/light Ray Model: Specular/diffuse Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of incident rays and their corresponding reflected rays are depicted in the diagrams in this tutorial. Each ray strikes a surface with a different orientation; yet each ray reflects in accordance with the law of reflection.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Why an Image Is Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated physics tutorial uses animations to attempt to explain to students why images appear.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Image Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive practice problems, students learn about real and virtual images.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

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

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated physics tutorial serves as a step-by-step guide to drawing ray diagrams. It includes an opportunity for students to practice and check their answers.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Ray Model of Light: Right Angle Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how light reacts when it strikes mirrors which are placed at right angles to each other.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Multiple Mirror Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated examples and practice problems included in this tutorial help students discover how light rays react in multiple mirror systems.
+
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom:reflection/ray Model of Light: Reflection/image Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
Through diagrams and illustrations, students explore how images are formed through the physics law of reflection.
+
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.
+
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...
+
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Loch Ness: What Happens to Light When It Is Reflected?

For Students 4th - 6th
Ian and his family are on holiday near Loch Ness. Find out about the Loch Ness monster, and learn about light and reflection.
+
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: Right Back at You! [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What make a good reflective surface? In this lab, students will investigate different surfaces with a reflectivity tester. Lesson plan includes information for students and teachers.
+
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse: Physics: Reflection and Refraction

For Students 9th - 10th
All waves will reflect and refract in the right circumstances. The reflection and refraction of light explain how people see images, color and even optical illusions. This tutorial discusses each concept and presents an experiment to try...
+
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Reflection of Light

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Considers the reflection of light from both smooth and rough surfaces and the law of reflection.
+
Lesson Plan
Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Where There's Light, There's Hot Food!!!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit helps young scholars learn to apply the concept of solar energy conservation. They are introduced to angles and their effect on the amount of light reflected, and they will also design, construct, manipulate, critique, evaluate...