After agreeing to switch the light, we did just that! We are seeing how the phenomenon switches when we switch the light source. This means that the side that experienced the reflection can now see through the mirror and the side that was only seeing through can now see their reflection!
We also agreed to try out some other investigations while we had time. We saw the following things:
1. You can definitely see through the one-way mirror, even outside of the scale model.
2. You can definitely see your reflection on the one-way mirror even outside of the box!
3. The phenomenon works better when the contrast between the two sides is greatest (like super dark on one side and super bright on the other).
4. Turning off the lights and really making sure there's no light around (like in Mrs. Brinza's supply cloest) showed how with no light, you don't see anything!
5. Going outside and trying the phenomenon with sunlight was tricky--the sun was behind the school at this point, and we didn't have a direct shot of light into the scale model.
1. You can definitely see through the one-way mirror, even outside of the scale model.
2. You can definitely see your reflection on the one-way mirror even outside of the box!
3. The phenomenon works better when the contrast between the two sides is greatest (like super dark on one side and super bright on the other).
4. Turning off the lights and really making sure there's no light around (like in Mrs. Brinza's supply cloest) showed how with no light, you don't see anything!
5. Going outside and trying the phenomenon with sunlight was tricky--the sun was behind the school at this point, and we didn't have a direct shot of light into the scale model.
Students were asked to show their findings...and we got some interesting things. We had students showing things that we didn't necessarily agree on before or ideas that didn't make sense based on the evidence we had! We needed to step back and reflect!
From our discussion and some new demonstrations, we agreed on the following:
1. Light only travels in straight lines (no curving)!
2. In order to see something, there has to be light in between the object we're looking at and our eyes. Without light in between, it would be like us being in the dark, where we see nothing.
3. This also means that light has to reflect off things, even if they're not shiny. Who knew!
4. The one-way mirror absolutely reflects and allows light through!
1. Light only travels in straight lines (no curving)!
2. In order to see something, there has to be light in between the object we're looking at and our eyes. Without light in between, it would be like us being in the dark, where we see nothing.
3. This also means that light has to reflect off things, even if they're not shiny. Who knew!
4. The one-way mirror absolutely reflects and allows light through!
Next steps--revise our models with the new evidence we've figured out!