Lenses and Ray Diagrams

by: Michael Horton

This is the first time that students will draw technical ray diagrams (in previous experiments, they simply sketched the rays). They need a little instruction in drawing ray diagrams before they can do it, so the activity is not purely inquiry. But it is inquiry in learning about images and their properties. Students will see what it means to be reduced or enlarged, erect or inverted, real or virtual.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 5/30/2009Stock # PB240X_44

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