Tec — The Education Consultancy

Topics covered

• Reflection — the laws of reflection, image formation by spherical mirrors, the mirror equation, and uses of concave/convex mirrors
• Refraction — Snell's law, refraction through a glass slab and a prism, and the refractive index
• Total internal reflection, the critical angle, and optical fibers (structure and telecommunication use)
• Lenses — power of a lens, the lens equation, and image formation by convex lenses
• Uses of a single lens — magnifying glass, camera, projector, and photographic enlarger
• Resolving power and magnifying power, the simple and compound microscope, and the telescope
• The human eye, and the correction of short-sightedness (myopia) and long-sightedness (hyperopia)