Teacher Resources
The Physics Classroom has been devoted to helping students, teachers, and classrooms since the 1990s. We are as passionate about that mission now as we have ever been. If you are a teacher of Physics or Physical Science, we encourage you to use our Video Tutorial with your students. And we also encourage you to consider the use of other resources on our website that coordinate with the video. We have listed a few below to help you get started.
Curriculum Corner, Refraction and Lenses
Our Curriculum Corner section of the website includes a large collection of Think Sheets that make great complements to the video. Each Think Sheet focuses on a single concept and is structured to incrementally guide a student through the concept. They make for great follow-ups to the video, good cooperative group activities, and inclusions in any lesson plan. And if you need source documents (Microsoft Words), extended licensing rights, and solutions, consider the purchase of our low-cost
Solutions Guide download. Here's a Think Sheet that provides a great fit to the video:
Lenses
Minds On Physics, Refraction and Lenses Module, Mission RL7
Student persistence with Minds On Physics combined with reflective thinking and the use of our Help function will put any student at the top of the class. This mission pertains to the difference between converging and diverging lenses. It's a perfect follow-up activity. It can be effectively done with or without a Task Tracker account.
Physics Interactive, Refraction and Lenses Chapter, Optics Bench Simulation
Sometimes you learn best by playing. And our simulations allow you to do just that. Our Optics Bench simulation allows you to move an object to varying locations in front of a lens (converging or diverging), view the light rays, and observe the image location and characteristics. Play with the simulation, learn, and then follow it up with
a Concept Checker on the same topic.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial, Refraction and the Ray Model of Light, Lesson 5, The Anatomy of a Lens
Our written tutorial pages form the basis of most videos. So when you need a quick reference, the Tutorial page is a great place to start. This page provides complete coverage of the Slides 1-5 of the video.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial, Refraction and the Ray Model of Light, Lesson 5, Refraction by Lenses
Our written tutorial pages form the basis of most videos. So when you need a quick reference, the Tutorial page is a great place to start. This page provides complete coverage of the Slides 6-9 of the video.