Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Three Mirrors

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written by Gary Gladding
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This is an interactive homework problem on the topic of light reflection. Three mirrors are arranged so that light hits the first mirror at an incident angle of 62°. With the information given, the user is asked to find the angle at which light leaves the final mirror. The solution can be found by using plane geometry and the Law of Reflection.

The problem is accompanied by a Socratic-dialog "help" sequence designed to encourage critical thinking as users do a guided conceptual analysis before attempting the mathematics. It is part of a larger collection of interactive problems developed by the Illinois Physics Education Research Group.

http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys102/ie.pl?08...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving Optics - Geometrical Optics = Reflection - Flat Surfaces	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Curriculum support = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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- Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - Assessment - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended User:: Learner
Format:: text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: Law of Reflection, geometric optics, incident angle, light, light, mirrors, reflected angle
Record Cloner:: Cloned from ComPADRE Item 6381 February 5, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: June 14, 2009 by caroline hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 22, 2006

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Three Mirrors (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2002), WWW Document, (http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys102/ie.pl?08/01).

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Gladding, G. (2006, September 22). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Three Mirrors. Retrieved September 7, 2010, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys102/ie.pl?08/01

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Three Mirrors. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, September 22, 2006. http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys102/ie.pl?08/01 (accessed 7 September 2010).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Three Mirrors. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2002. 22 Sep. 2006. 7 Sep. 2010 <http://wug.physics.uiuc.edu/cgi/courses/shell/per/phys102/ie.pl?08/01>.

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