MARA JUNIOR SCIENCE COLLEGE

DAILY LESSON PLAN

PHYSIC FORM 4
CHAPTER 5

LEARNING AREA LIGHT

LEARNING 5.1 Understanding Reflection of Light – Curved Mirrors

OBJECTIVES

LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this lesson, students will be able to : -

1. Draw ray diagrams to show positioning and characteristics of the

image formed by
 Convex mirror
 Concave mirror
2. Describe applications of reflections of light by convex mirror and
concave mirror
3. Solve problem involving reflection of light by convex mirror and
concave mirror

DURATION 80 minutes

PREREQUISITE Students have learnt about the law of reflection

MATERIAL LCD, laptop, power point slide, text book, practical book, convex mirrors, concave
mirrors, white plane paper, light source and graph paper

METHOD Constructivism, inquiry & discovery, contextual, experiment and discussion

NOBLE VALUE Thankful & appreciative, dare to try, cooperative and confident.

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

LEARNING TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENT’S TIME/
OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES REMARKS
INTRODUCTION

Teacher distributes convex mirror and

concave mirror to each group.

Teacher asks students to see their face Students see their face 10 minutes
into the convex mirror and concave mirror. into the mirror
 Teacher asks students to state the Students state the
characteristic of image formed by a convex characteristic of image
mirror and concave mirror. formed.
EXPLORATION

Teacher asks students to carry out simple Students carry out simple
experiment to observe the ray diagram experiment.
formed by convex mirror and concave 15 minutes
mirror.

Teacher asks students to explain the Students give the

pattern of light ray formed by convex answers.
mirror and concave mirror.

EXPLANATION

Draw ray Teacher explains the pattern of ray Students give their
diagram to diagram formed by convex mirror and attention and copy
show the concave mirror using slide 3. diagram.
positioning and
characteristic Teacher distributes the graph paper that
of the image contains the diagram of convex mirrors
formed by and concave mirrors.
concave mirror
Teacher explains the method to draw ray Students draw ray
diagram to determine the position and diagram on the graph 40 minutes
characteristics of image formed by paper given.
concave mirror using slide 4.

Teacher explains the characteristics of

image formed by concave mirror using
slide 5.

Teacher gives the position of the object

using slide 6.

Using the graph paper given, teacher asks Students draw ray
students to draw ray diagram for different diagram and determine
position of the object in front of the the characteristics formed
concave mirror. by concave mirror with
different position of the
Teacher asks students to state the object
characteristics of image for each position
of the object.

Draw ray Teacher explains the method to draw ray

diagram to diagram to determine the position and Students draw ray
show the characteristics of image formed by convex diagram on the graph
positioning and mirror using slide 8. paper given.
characteristic
of the image Teacher explains the characteristics of
formed by image formed by convex mirror using slide
convex mirror 9.

Using the graph paper given, teacher asks Students draw ray
students to draw ray diagram for different diagram on the graph
position of the object in front of the convex paper given.
mirror.

Teacher asks students to state the

characteristics of image for each position
of the object.

Describe Teacher asks students to state a few of Students give a few

applications of application of curved mirrors in daily life applications
reflections of
light by convex Teacher explains the application of convex Students give the 12 minutes
mirror and mirror and curve mirror using slide 11, attention
concave mirror slide 12 and slide 13.
EVALUATION

Teacher evaluates students during they

draw the ray diagram to determine the
position and characteristics of the image
formed by convex mirror and concave
mirror.
EXTENSION

Solve problem Teacher asks students to do the exercises Student will finish their
involving number 1 and 3 in mastery practice 5.1 on exercises
reflection of page 139 of text book and exercises in the
light by convex given module as a homework.
mirror and
concave mirror
CONCLUSION

Teacher conclude the lesson with this 3 minutes

statements:
 The characteristics of image
formed by concave mirror
depends on the object distance
 The characteristics of image
formed by convex mirror does not
depends on the object distance
REFLECTION