Curved Mirrors and Lenses Activities

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Open the PhET simulation: Geometric Optics

Select Principal rays and change the object to an arrow. Spend some time moving the object and the lens and observing the resulting image.

Download the Lenses Virtual Lab: Lenses_Virtual LabPhET Geometric Optics.doc

*Just do the portion of the virtual lab activity for convex lenses.*

Lab 10: Spherical Mirrors and Lenses

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