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Alyssa Scarfato
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Ever wondered why things in a mirror look the way they do? Ever wondered why we see in the way that we do? Do you know what's responsible for how we see?
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Light is responsible for how we see in the way that we do. Let's check it out more below:
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In the video above, I explored a bit with mirrors. Have you ever put much thought into how mirrors flip what is seen? Take my sign, for example. When I help up my sign, the print on it was backwards. Mirrors flip what we see to be the opposite of what is actually seen. There are so many other cool things that mirrors do that we barely even notice, but that is just one of them mentioned in my video!
Also in the video, I explained the concept of angle of incidence and angle of reflection. These two words sound pretty complex, but the idea behind the two of them is pretty simple. The video showed my two friends, Emily and Chelsa, looking into the mirror and seeing one another. How could this be? They could see each other because each angle (incidence and reflection) is equal. What Emily saw was the same angle as what Chelsa saw, which is why they were able to see each other.
To explain this more, we made periscopes in class. Periscopes are what people see out of while underwater in a submarine. They are able to see what is above the water, even while they are underwater. But how can that be? Like I explained the angles of incidence and reflection above, this concept comes into play in the periscope. When you look into the bottom hole of the periscope, the bottom mirror is angled to see what the top mirror has reflected down. All in all, the mirrors work to show the viewer at the bottom of the periscope what is seen above.
