Intel Education: Unit & Project Plans: Junior Cert Physics

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Junior Cert Physics - Lenses

At a Glance

Grade Level:
Junior Cert year 3

Subjects: Science

Topics: Physics / break down into sub-topics e.g. lenses

Time Needed: It has been designed so that students can practice scientific process at their own pace

Key Learnings: Scientific process

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Materials and Resources

Unit Summary
Scientific process is central to the revised Junior Certificate syllabus, which amongst other things, aims to encourage the procedural, cognitive affective and communication skills through practical activities that foster investigation, imagination and creativity.

Curriculum Framing Questions
This simulation has been designed in the form of a game to allow students complete the investigation of how lenses change the direction of light based on experimental evidence.

	Essential Question What is the effect of lenses on light?
	Unit Questions What is the effect on light of using a concave lens? What is the effect on light of using a convex lens? How does the proximity of the lens from the source of light effect the direction of the light beam?

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
This activity investigates the effect of convex and concave lenses on beams of light. It is to allow students to practice scientific process.
Students click on the appropriate lens and position it into one of the holders. The aim is to use the lens to direct the coloured beams through the corresponding coloured hole. The student is given 10 random problems to solve and has an unlimited number of tries to complete all 10 problems.

Instructional Procedures
The tool has been designed to give the student the opportunity to investigation and discover by trial and error the effect of lenses on light beams.

Prerequisite Skills
Students will need to be comfortable using a computer for experimental purpose.

Differentiated Instruction

	Resource Student
	Gifted Student
	English Language Learner

Materials and Resources
Internet Resources - www.skoool.ie*
Technology - Hardware - Any PC
Technology - Software - Windows 2000+

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