Mirrors and Lenses
Spherical mirrors and thin lenses
Objective
In this simulation, we study the properties of spherical mirrors and thin lenses.
Pre-lab
Please read pp. 1000-1020, College Physics, Openstax. The same material will be covered in the introduction.
Key words
Focal point, focal length, object distance, image distance, real/virtual image, magniï¬cation, mirror/thin lens equation.
Lab activities
1. Watch this video to learn the experiment procedure.
2. Complete the calculation by using the raw data provided in the excel ï¬le.
3. Write your lab report.
In your report, you must summarize the ray-diagram method (a key concept of geometric optics) with diagrams.
(Find the "rules" in the above link, for example, look at https://openstax.org/ books/college-physics/pages/25-6-image-formation-by-lenses#import-auto- id2631957)