Construct ray diagrams to locate images formed by converging and diverging lenses.

Lenses and Image Formation: Construct ray diagrams to locate images formed by converging and diverging lenses., Explore this question with an AI-generated active learning mission from Flip Education. Aligned with MOE Syllabus Outcomes for JC 1 Physics.

Compare the characteristics of real and virtual images formed by lenses.

Lenses and Image Formation: Compare the characteristics of real and virtual images formed by lenses., Explore this question with an AI-generated active learning mission from Flip Education. Aligned with MOE Syllabus Outcomes for JC 1 Physics.

Design a simple optical instrument using lenses to achieve a specific magnification.

Lenses and Image Formation: Design a simple optical instrument using lenses to achieve a specific magnification., Explore this question with an AI-generated active learning mission from Flip Education. Aligned with MOE Syllabus Outcomes for JC 1 Physics.

Physics · JC 1 · Waves: Sound and Light · Semester 2

Lenses and Image Formation

Students will explore image formation by converging and diverging lenses using ray diagrams and the lens formula.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesH2 Physics (9749), Core Idea 4: Waves, 4.2 Wave Phenomena, Learning Outcome (a) show an understanding of the terms wavefront and rayH2 Physics (9749), Core Idea 4: Waves, 4.2 Wave Phenomena, Learning Outcome (c) show an understanding of the refraction of waves at a plane boundary

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Students will explore image formation by converging and diverging lenses using ray diagrams and the lens formula.

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Construct ray diagrams to locate images formed by converging and diverging lenses.
Compare the characteristics of real and virtual images formed by lenses.
Design a simple optical instrument using lenses to achieve a specific magnification.

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