Concave and convex lenses

Activity No # 1 - Name of Activity

Refraction of Light in Concave and Convex Lenses

Estimated Time

5 mins

Materials/ Resources needed

Concave and Convex Lenses Torch Light, Comb.

Multimedia resources

Website interactives/ links/ simulations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJHAJlKLEf0

Process (How to do the activity)

Take a Convex Lense and place it before a thick book which has a dark background.Keep a Comb in front the Lense.Now pass the light using the torch through the lense.Observe the path of the light rays. They converge at a point.

Now replace the convex lense with the concave lense and continue the procedure and obseve the path of the light rays. They appear as diverging from a point

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

1. Name the types of Lenses
2. What happens when light rays pass through the glass ?

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)

1. Which lense converges the light rays?
2. Which lense diverges the light rays?

Question Corner

List out the uses of Convex and Concave Lenses in our daily life

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