Rays of light Aldercar Community Language College
Outcomes when light meets an obstacle
From opaque to perfectly transparent
Using rays to predict what a mirror will do
Placing a normal on a curved surface
A rough rock as a reflector
Image of a mountain
Here is how the image appears before the ripples
Looking at a mirror – with one eye!
Refraction – making predictions with rays
A light beam bending at the surface, on entry
A light beam bending at the surface, on exit
A light beam bending – entry and exit
Using rays to predict what a mirror will do
Looking into water
Glass blocks do not have to be rectangular
PhET – Bending Light
PhET – Geometric Optics
Virtual Physics Lab