Mirror Lab: How Reflection and Refraction Work
The first of the many labs conducted was on mirrors, which allowed me to work out the principles of reflection and refraction. The materials used were a plane, concave, and convex mirror. Noted was the behavior of light at the instance it hits these surfaces. One of the highlights was the construction of the ray diagrams in predicting the path light takes, and then verifying our predictions with actual setups. It was not the physics of mirrors that I had to learn but a way to develop my analytical skills by measuring the angles of incidence and reflection, calculating the focal points, and all that.
