Unit Plan: SNC 2D: Physics-Light and Optics
Lesson 1: Lindsay, Robin, Holly B
Lesson 2: Endri and Talia
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Intro to Optics
What is Light?
What are mirror images?
Plane Mirrors
Formation of an Image
Laws of Reflection in Plane
Mirrors
Ray Diagrams for Plane
mirrors
Types of reflection (Specular
and Diffuse)
Terminology for Curved
Mirrors
Image Characteristics
(L.O.S.T.)
Real and Virtual Images
Differentiated Instruction:
Lesson 1
Laws of Reflection in Curved
Mirrors
Lab Carousel Activities
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
SMART Board
Lesson 2:
Ray Diagrams for curved
mirrors
Review ray diagrams for
curved mirrors
Worksheet to practice
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Visible and Invisible region
of the spectrum
Sources of Light
Types of Light (incandescent,
fluorescent, LED, etc)
Mirror Image Quest
Visible spectrum and prisms
demo
Sources of light worksheet
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Refraction
Speed of light
Internal refraction & critical
angle
Rules of refraction
Index of refraction
Calculating speed of light
through different mediums
Refraction applications
Fibre Optics, Prisms
Phenomena related to
Refraction
Rainbows
Intro to Lenses (Diverging
and Converging)
Experiment with Lenses
Activity/Lab
Electromagnetic Spectrum
and Refraction Quest
Lens Terminology
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Observe and describe images
in converging and diverging
lenses
Rules for drawing ray
diagrams for converging and
diverging lenses
Images in lenses worksheet
Review images formed in
lenses
Additional worksheet for
practice
Lens Applications
The Human Eye
Label human eye diagram
Review questions
Unit Test