There will be several labs in the Optics unit. The labs are listed in order. Use the descriptiona nd find the matching attachment(s) from the bottom of this page.
1 - Seeing the Invisible - (2.1 seeing the invisible.doc) what other type s of light are there besides white?
2 - Colour Vision - Check out the animation in the attachments below to see how colours combine to make white light and how our brain perceives them. Use PhET Simulation - Colour Vision.doc to guide you through this animation
3 - Intro to Reflection demonstration - download "Reflection in a Class Sized Mirror Student" for a copy of the student handout with important terms to define.
4 - Does a plane mirror recerse left and right - lets students play with mirrors to see how images differ from the objects that create them.
5 - Reflection from the surface os a spoon - is an initial look at curved mirrors
6 - Ray diagrams of Curved Surfaces - download "Curved Mirror templates" for a copy of the blank ray diagrams that are completed in class
7 - Finding the image in concave mirrors. Handout was provided in class from 11.10 - pg 502 in Nelson Science Perspectives
8 - Refraction of Light - Measuring Angles of Refraction Lab: The outline "Refractions Through Media" below has guidance for the analysis and write up of this lab.
9 - OPTICAL DEVICES - research booklet for your timeline project on optical devices. -
Click HERE for the PROJECT. Click HERE to get a copy of the Rubric