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**UNIT 10.5 LESSON ON TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (T.I.R.) **
**Lesson Objectives** In the tasks that follow, you will explore different information platforms on total internal reflection and find out what it means.

**Task 1--****What is Total Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)? Try it!** Open the applet " Total internal Reflection" found on your desktop and use it to understand T.I.R. 

**TASK 1 CONCLUSIONS** Post your conclusions after completing Task 1. Remember to include your name. You will need it later!

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http://linoit.com/users/changkatphysics/canvases/Total%20Internal%20Reflection

Note: Discuss with teacher the answers before going on to Task 2!

**Task 2--****What is Total Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)? Read it!** Now that you have an idea what T.I.R. is about, you will go online and search for answers to the following questions.
 * 1) //What is Total Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)?//
 * 2) //What are the two conditions for TIR to happen?//
 * 3) //What are some interesting applications/uses of TIR?//

Post your findings and answers to the three questions here: media type="custom" key="10001179" width="150" height="150" []

Possible Links on to read up about T.I.R.: >
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**My reflections** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Post here what you learnt about total internal reflection and any thing you are still not clear about.

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**LESSON ASSIGNMENT:****GLOGSTER POSTER ON APPLICATION OF T.I.R** Post your glogster address on a single post-it. Remember to add your name. media type="custom" key="10012255" http://linoit.com/users/changkatphysics/canvases/3E4%20L5%20Glogster%20Address

Other T.I.R. applets you can try: media type="custom" key="10063189"