UPMSP - 8 - Science :: Light and Optical Devices
Go To: UPMSP-Sci-Grade 8
Course Content / Subtopic list:
- Refraction
- Causes of refraction - change of speed results in change in direction
- Laws of refraction of light
- Refractive index
- Refraction of light in real life - twinkling of stars , visibility of sun before sunrise and after sunset , pencil look bent in water , rising of the coin above the surface in water
- Applications of refraction of light
- Spherical lenses - convex and concave lenses
- Important terms related to spherical lenses
- Rules of ray diagram for representation of images formed
- Image formation by spherical lenses microscope - simple and compound microscopes
- Telescope
- Human eye , defects of vision - shortsightedness , longsightedness , spectrum
Expected Learning Outcome:
SWBAT-
- Define refraction
- Explain the causes of refraction
- Define refractive index
- Identify various examples of refraction of light in day to day life
- Define concave and convex lens
- Identify and analyze various terms related to spherical lenses
- Draw various ray diagrams of image formed by spherical lenses
- Compare simple and compound microscope
- Define shortsightedness
- Explain the causes of short sightedness
- Define long sightedness
- Explain the causes of long sightedness , Define spectrum
Lesson Plan
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