Experiment #1. Stand in front of the mirror and lift your right hand. Which hand is your mirror image raising?
Experiment #2. Write your name on a sheet of paper. Place the paper in front of the mirror. Can you read your name in the mirror?
Experiment #3. Place a mirror on the table. Put a doll/figure on top of the mirror. How does the doll look in the mirror?
Experiment#4. Brand new stainless steel bowls and spoons and lids have curved shiny surfaces. They work like curved mirrors. Look at your image on these curved surfaces. What do you see?
Experiment # 5. Keep 2 mirrors at a 90 degree angle to each other. Place a toy between them. Look inside the mirrors and count how many images of the toy you can see. What happens if you change the angle of the mirrors?
Note for school teachers: If doing these experiments with large mirrors and lots of excited small children- then it is safer to use acrylic mirrors instead of glass ones. Large acrylic mirrors can also be slightly curved with one's hands, letting the children see concave and convex mirror images.
