GIZMOS Student Exploration Ray Tracing

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Ray Tracing Vocabulary: angle of incidence, angle of refraction, frequency, index of refraction, medium, refraction, Snell’s law, total internal reflection, wave front, wavelength, wave speed Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Two runners ran side by side, each holding one end of a horizontal pole. 1. What would most likely happen if one of the runners began jogging in knee-deep water? The runner would start to fee...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Ray Tracing Vocabulary: concave lens, convex lens, focal point, image, magnification, real image, refraction, virtual image Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Agnes is trapped on a desert island with nothing but a magnifying glass. She wants to use the glass to focus sunlight and start a fire. She holds the glass above some dry grass as shown at right. 1. On the diagram, draw the path the Sun rays will likely ...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Student Exploration Ray Tracing (Lenses) Student Exploration: Ray Tracing (Lenses) Vocabulary: concave lens, convex lens, focal point, image, magnification, real image, refraction, virtual image Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Agnes is trapped on a desert island with nothing but a magnifying glass. She wants to use the glass to focus sunlight and start a fire. She holds the glass above some dry grass as shown at right. 1. On the ...