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...
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Turn About's Fair Play! Mirrors and How They Reflect

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...
Handout
My Science Site

Mirrors, Lenses and Your Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores the science behind light and how mirrors reflect it. Also contains information on lenses both convex and concave.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students test the Law of Reflection based on experimental evidence. However, the back-silvered glass mirrors present a twist and offer them a challenge to work out what happened as the light traveled into and out of the...