Lesson 7 — Reflection

• Reflection
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Reflection

6.4 + 6.5

This lesson

• Intro reflection
•  Plane mirror
• Virtual Vs real image
• Law of reflection

Goals

• Explain why the image in a mirror is reversed
• Describe what is meant by an image
• Explain what is meant by a real and a virtual image
• Define the law of reflection

Reflection

What comes to mind?

Ray diagram

6.4

• Plane mirror
  
• Image — Virtual image - real image
• Ray diagram
• Types of reflection

6.5

• The law of reflection
  

Plane mirror

A flat mirror

Plane Mirror demonstration

Plane Mirror demonstration

Lateral inversion

Image

Image

• Virtual image
• Real image

Real vs virtual image

Virtual image — projected by the brain (intangible)

Real image — light reflected on a tangible object

6.4

• Plane mirror
  
• Image — Virtual image - real image
• Ray diagram
• Types of reflection

6.5

• The law of reflection
  

The law of reflection

Phet simulation

• Search for: Phet bending Light 
• Use the book and the simulation together to define the law of reflection — write down your definition
• Write down the key terms to the law of reflection

Link

The law of reflection

When light falls on a 

Goals

• Explain why the image in a mirror is reversed
• Describe what is meant by an image
• Explain what is meant by a real and a virtual image
• Define the law of reflection