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Lesson Plan: Deviation due to a Prism Physics • Second Year of Secondary School

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to determine the effect of the shape and refractive index of a prism on the path taken through it by light rays.

Objectives

Students will be able to

  • diagrammatically derive and apply the formula for deviation, 𝛼=𝜙+𝜃𝐴,
  • graphically demonstrate and use the formula for minimum deviation incidence angle, 𝜙=(𝛼+𝐴)2,
  • use the thin prism approximation formula, 𝑛=(𝛼+𝐴)𝐴.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

  • Snell’s law.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

  • dispersion.

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