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Introduction
Mirrors are very often used in optical illusions because of there reflective capabilities, and in this project we will be taking advantage of this very property.
Driving Question
how does the law of reflection work with the object in the surrounding area?
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Screws, Chipboard, Screwdriver, Drill, Superglue, Saw, Tape measure.
Procedures
You stand within the frame with one leg in front of the mirror and one behind. Slowly raise the leg in front of the mirror off the base, from the point of view of an observer it will look as if the person standing within the frame is levitating. This is obviously an illusion.
Safety Regulations
Well, since the project is dealing with a mirror; a breakable fragile object. The performer must have a great deal of balance, or else he/she will fall and possibly injure themselves.
Scientific Principles
The Law of Reflection - When a ray of light reflects off a flat surface, the Angle of Incidence is equal to the Angle of Reflection.
This means when a light reflects of the a mirror the angle at which it comes at is also the angle in which it will reflect at.
The type of image produced by a flat mirror is called a virtual image. Even though light is bouncing off the mirror, our eyes are fooled into thinking it's coming out of the mirror in a straight line. The virtual image can't be focused, but some mirrors, like concave mirrors, can produce a real image, which can be projected onto a surface.
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