Lesson Plan: Deviation due to a Prism Physics

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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, ,
graphically demonstrate and use the formula for minimum deviation incidence angle, ,
use the thin prism approximation formula, .

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

Snell’s law.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

dispersion.