Spherical

Mirrors
Learning Goal:

Distinguish between converging and

01 diverging mirrors.

Explain the characteristics of image

02 formed in converging and diverging
mirrors.
 Spoon In and Out!
Materials: dry stainless spoon
Procedure:
 Hold the spoon close to your face with its bulging part facing
you similar to picture.
 Spoon In and Out!
Procedures:
Observe your image on its surface.
Move the spoon towards on your face
slowly while focusing your attention on the
image.
Move it slowly closer to your face again.
 Spoon In and Out!
Procedure:
Hold the spoon close to your face with its caved part
facing you similar to picture.
 Spoon In and Out!
Procedures:
Observe your image on its surface.
Move your hand away from your face
slowly while focusing your attention on the
image.
Move it slowly closer to your face again.
 Spoon In and Out!
Guide Question:
What did you observe on the image
formed on the bulging part of the spoon?
What did you observe on the image
formed on the caved part of the spoon?
Identify which sides of the spoon is the
converging and diverging.
Spherical Mirrors
Kinds of
Spherical
Mirrors
 Concave mirror
Also known as a converging mirror.
 Parallel incident rays converge or
01 meet/intersect at a focal point after
reflection.

02 Reflecting surface which collects light

inward and focus them to one focal
point

03 What the dentist used in magnifying

the area behind your teeth to
check on cavities and tooth decay.
 Concave mirror
 For illuminating purposes, you can
see concave mirrors used in
headlamps, flashlights and
spotlights.
 Light rays that gathered from a
small source of the mirror are
collected and directed outward in a
beam.
 Small light source bounded by a
concave mirror flashes a brighter
beam.
 Convex mirror
Also known as a diverging mirror
01  The parallel incident rays diverge
after reflection.
Has the outer bulging surface
02
that reflects light

This makes bigger objects appear

03 to be smaller than their
original form.
 ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY #1:
“Light Reflectors”
Materials: Flashlight (the one that can be dismantled)
 “Light Reflectors”
Procedures:
 Get a flashlight and switch it on. What do you observe about the beam it
emits?
 Examine the part where the bulb is positioned. What do you notice?
 Remove the reflector from the flashlight’s body. Describe the reflector.
Note: The reflector is the silver-colored material that surrounds the bulb of the
flashlight.
 “Light Reflectors”
Procedures:
Remove the bulb and
connect it to a source
such that it can be
moved or adjusted
within the concave
reflector. See figure
 “Light Reflectors”
Procedures:
 Put the bulb in a position 1. Connect to the source and switch it on.
What do you observe about the beam it emits
 Repeat the step above with the bulb at position 2 then 3.
What are the differences of the beam intensities?
 “Light Reflectors”
Procedures:
 Summarize your observations by writing: brightest, brighter,
and bright for the beam intensities in the table provided below.

Position of Bulb in the Reflector Beam Intensities

Position 1  
Position 2  
Position 3  
 ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY #2:
“MIRROR SELF CHECK”
Materials: side mirror (of motorcycle or a car)
 “MIRROR SELF CHECK”
Procedures:
 Look in the side mirror. How do you describe the
image that you see? Write your observations.
 Slowly move at least 3 m away from the side
mirror. Observe your image as you move away
from the mirror. Write your observations.
 Summary
Differentiate the image formed by convex and
concave mirror using a Venn Diagram.
 Application
How curved mirrors help drivers in terms
of road safety?
 Assignment
Bring the following materials tomorrow:
• Long bond paper (individual)
• Ruler (individual)
• Protractor (individual)
• 2 plane mirror – small size (by group)
• Paper protractor (by group)