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This scene lets students explore reflection. The salon allows students to observe reflection and by developing their knowledge of light and how light waves travel in a straight line, they will know and understand how light reflects. In the scene they will explore a ray box projecting light into a mirror and observe laws of reflection and apply it to better understand how mirrors work. As well as mirrors, they will consider how some surfaces appear dull.
# Learning objectives
1: To understand light is a source of energy and travels in a straight line.{.info}
2: To describe how light reflects off opaque objects and follows the laws of reflection.{.info}
3: To explain how surfaces lead to regular or diffuse reflection.{.info}
# Light Travels as a Wave in a Straight Line and Reflects off Surfaces{.objective .objective1}
Students will learn how light energy travels as a wave. They will explore reflection of light by opaque objects, like a mirror, and the significance of the Laws of Reflection. Students will be asked to observe the ray box and mirror experiment in the scene and determine any pattern in how light reflects off the mirror.
# Use Ray Diagrams to Model the Laws of Reflection{.objective .objective2}
Here students will reflect on their observation of the ray box experiment and the significance of the direction of travel of light. Students will develop an understanding of regular reflection of light and why we see objects in a mirror. Students are asked to consider the rules of using ray diagrams to model regular reflection.
# Surface Types cause regular or Diffuse Reflection{.objective .objective3}
In this part, students will compare the reflection of the person in the mirror and other surfaces that do not have a reflection yet reflect light. Students will be asked to explore the reflection of the mirror and compare it to other surfaces. They will be asked to think about the difference in how uneven surfaces reflect light rays in different directions, mean light from an object doesn’t all make it to the eye, so those surfaces appear dull.
# Teacher Resources
**Download Teacher Notes**
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**Student Quiz Answers Document**
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