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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Misamis Oriental
INITAO NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
Initao, Misamis Oriental

Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 10

I. Learning Objectives:

Competency:
Predict the qualitative characteristics (orientation, type, and magnification) of
images formed by plane mirror.

Objectives:
1. Identify the relationship between the number of images formed and the angle
between two plane mirrors.
2. Derive a formula for determining the number of images formed when two
mirrors are kept at a certain angle.

II. Subject Matter

Topic/Lesson: Images Formed by Plane Mirrors

References: Learner’s Material (2015) for Grade 10 Science, First Edition,
pp. 168-180
Self-Learning Module Science 10 Quarter 2-Modules 4, DepEd,
pp. 1-12
Instructional Materials: Audio visual set (laptop and TV set), 2 plain mirrors, coin

III. Strategy/Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity

A. Preliminary Activities

May all we stand for the prayer. Video

Good morning class! Good morning ma’am.

You may now take your seat. Thank you ma’am.

Let me take the attendance first.

Make sure that you are in your (Check attendance using a seat plan)
proper seats so that you will not be
marked absent.

Very Good! Everybody is present.

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B. Review of the past lesson

Do you still remember our lesson

last meeting? Yes Ma’am.
What had we discussed? It is about images formed by plane
mirror.
Yes. Exactly.
One of the properties of light is light
reflection

Anybody who can define light Reflection is the turning back of

reflection? light rays when it hits a shiny
surface like mirror.
Very good.

Let us recall the important terms in

the reflection of light.

Anybody who can recall the terms May I answer ma’am?

in the reflection of light?

Yes Maria? The incident ray, reflected ray, and

Very good Maria. Now may I call
Pedro, what is meant by an incident
ray as shown in figure 1?
Very good Pedro.
normal line.
The incident ray is the ray of light
approaching the mirror represented
by an arrow approaching an optical
element like mirror as shown in
figure 1.

How about the reflected ray,

Marichu? The reflected ray is the ray of light
which leaves the mirror and is
represented by an arrow pointing
Very good Marichu. away from the mirror.

As you can see in figure 1. , there is

an imaginary line that can be drawn
perpendicular to the surface of the
mirror at the point of incidence
where the ray strikes the mirror.
What do you call that imaginary line The imaginary line is called the
Joyce? Normal line.

Correct Joyce. Very good.

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Figure 1. Reflection of light ray on a plane

mirror.

What do you call the angle between the It is the angle of incidence
incident ray and the normal line? ma’am

Very good Jose.

How about the angle between the reflected It is the angle of reflection.
ray and the normal line?

Very good Hope.

We can say also that the angle of incidence

is equal to the angle of reflection since they
have the same measurement.

C. Motivation

So this morning we will learn more about

reflection of light and we will be using two
plane mirrors.
We have a motto “Honesty is the best
Policy” Let’s try this activity if this motto
can be applied using the two plane mirrors.
But before performing the activity may I
present to you a PowerPoint to familiarize
the different position of the angles.

Identify what angle is this: 300 , 450. 600, or

900.

Present a power point of different

angles.

In slide 1, what angle does it shows? 30 degrees

Very good.

In second slide 45 degrees

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Very good.

In third slide 60 degrees

Very good.

In the fourth slide 90 degrees

Very good.

D. Activity
(Students perform the
Since you are now familiar with the activity)
positions of the angles, You are
going to perform an activity by your Enter all the values in the
own to learn more about reflection table 1.
of light, this time using two plane
mirrors. You will explore how the Table 1. Number of Images
angle between two plane mirrors Formed
affects the number of images Angle Number of
formed. This activity is entitled: Images
Who wants to be a millionaire? It
would be fun doing this activity. 90o
60o
(Distribute the activity sheets to the 45o
students) 30o

E. Presentation of Outputs
Group Report
May I request all groups to post
your work on the board and answer
the following questions: (Somebody from other group will
ask the reporter)

Based on the data that you have If the angle decreases the number
gathered, What happens to the of images increases.
number of images formed as you
vary the angles between the
mirrors?

What is the relationship between the The numbers of images formed by

numbers of images formed by two two mirrors is inversely proportional
mirrors? to the angle between two mirrors.

If you want to see an infinite

number of images on a mirror, how Parallel (The mirror will be facing
should you arrange the mirrors? each other)
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Based on the data derive a formula N=360/Ɵ-1

to be used in determining the Where: N= number of images
number of images formed between Ɵ = angle between
two mirrors at an angle with each
other.

Very good. Your answers are all

correct.

F. Discussion

You have seen a lot of coins in your

activity. Multiple images are formed
by the reflection that happens when
arranging at least two mirrors.
Figure 1 shows three images of a
100 peso bill in front of two mirrors
at 90o. Does the activity that you
have performed using two plane
mirrors can be applied of the motto No ma’am.
“Honesty is the best policy”?

Yes, it cannot be applied to this

motto since it does not tell the truth.

The number of images, N,

determined using the formula N=
(360/angle between the two mirror)
-1.
Parallel mirrors on the other hand
produce infinite number of images.

Figure 1. Multiple Images Formed

by Two Plane Mirrors at 90o.

G. Generalization:

Anybody who can state the

relationship between the number of
images formed and the angle
between two plane mirrors? As the angle formed by the two
plane mirrors decreases, the number
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of images formed increases.

Therefore, there is an inversely
proportional with the images formed
by two plane mirrors.

Very good Ishmael.

Since you are done be ready for an

evaluation. Do you have some None ma’am.
questions?

IV. Evaluation
Direction: On a one half (1/2) sheet of paper crosswise, answer the following
questions.
1. What is reflection?
2. What is the relationship between the number of images formed and the angle
between two plane mirrors? (5 points)
3. Derive the formula for determining the number of images formed when two
mirrors are kept at a certain angle.
V. Assignment:
Construct a Bubble Map on the concepts you learned from this lesson.

Prepared by:

SONIA E. ABELLANOSA
MT-II

NOTED: APPROVED:

RICO B. FABRE MERLY J. SANDOVAL ADEFER B. CAÑO

HT-III HT-III Principal II
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