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Science Buddies
Distorted Images in Curved Mirrors
Have you ever visited a house of mirrors and seen a wacky-looking version of yourself? In this activity you can construct your own miniature house of mirrors. Try it out and see what funny reflections you can make!
msvgo
Image Formed by Mirrors
It explains the nature of images formed by different types of plane mirrors.
Visual Learning Systems
Light: Mirrors and Lenses
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following:
List some of the reasons light is important to all living things.
Understand that light is a type of energy.
Describe how light behaves both as a wave and...
Mazz Media
Images Concave Mirrors
In this video the focus is on where and why concave mirrors are used, as well as the image formation and types of images. Students will learn that concave mirrors are used in many ways to magnify objects, create real and virtual images...
Curated Video
How Are Mirrors Made?
The process of manufacturing lumps of glass into sophisticated mirror systems in the world's largest telescopes.
Physics - Universe - Learni
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Mirrors are made from glass, which is melted and
spread...
Physics - Universe - Learni
ng Points.
Mirrors are made from glass, which is melted and
spread...
Science Buddies
Make 3D Printed Optical Illusions
Make your own amazing 3D printed optical illusions based on the work of Professor Kokichi Sugihara, including the "impossible arrow" and other shapes! These illusions exhibit "anomalous mirror symmetry" where their reflections appear...
Crash Course
Spectra Interference: Crash Course Physics
Light is everywhere … but it’s not as predictable as you might think. It’s a wave that travels in straight lines, yet it also reflects off of surfaces, refracts through various materials, and generally changes direction all the time!...
Physics Girl
Riddle: How does your reflection flip when you bend a spoon inward?
Physics Girl riddle: what happens to your image if you bend a spoon from concave to convex?
Curated Video
History of the lighthouse
Explore the history of lighthouses. Physical processes -Light - Light sources Learning Points Reflectors can be used to concentrate the brightness of light sources. Lenses refract, or bend light and concentrate it into a beam. A Twig...
SciShow
This Toxic Liquid Telescope from the 1850s Is Finally Useful
Sometimes looking into a pool of a toxic liquid holds the secrets of the universe–or maybe just this one time.
Curated OER
STEMbite: Mirrors and Reflection
Reflect on reflections by viewing this video. Looking in his bathroom mirror, the videographer explains that anything smooth can act as a mirror. He also introduces a curved mirror and demonstrates how the image differs depending on your...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Waves and Optics: Parabolic Mirrors and Real Images
Explains how parabolic mirrors reflect light, using the example of a car's headlight. Goes on to discuss how real images are formed with a parabolic mirror.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Waves and Optics: Convex Parabolic Mirrors
Learn how reflection occurs with a convex parabolic mirrors in this video lecture. Understand how the light reflects at the focus point and produces a smaller virtual image. [5:59]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Waves and Optics: Parabolic Mirrors 2
An exploration of what the images will look like for objects placed at different distances away from parabolic mirrors.