Ray Diagram Interactive. In previous activities with the star life cycle the focus was on equilibrium and the battle between gravity and gas pressure to maintain a stable star. Ray diagrams a ray diagram shows how light travels including what happens when it reaches a surface.
First the pupils explore the formation of images using a pinhole camera with one three and many pinholes. The black thick arrow represents the object located a distance from the lens. Simulation of image formation in concave and convex mirrors.
All lenses and mirrors can use ray diagrams to find images.
The following lab was created by. The blue arrow represents the image produced. Ok so now youre fairly good at reading the diagram. Ray diagrams are constructed by taking the path of two distinct rays from a single point on the object.