Magnificent Mirrors

Can you read this mirror writing?

Did you know that you can have lots of fun with mirrors and learn about science at the same time?

Mirrors work by reflecting light really well. They can do this because they are shiny.

This week the students in Year 3 got to explore with mirrors and found out lots of interesting features of mirrors.

This is what the Year 3 classes had to say about mirrors:

E4

• It is hard to write in mirror writing because your hand goes the opposite way.
• Words look back to front in a mirror.
• Mirrors flip over mirror writing so we can read it.

E1

• When I looked up into a mirror the classroom looked upside down.
• It looked like the ceiling was the floor and the floor was the ceiling.
• Mirror writing is tricky because your hands moves the opposite way in the mirror.

E2

• Mirrors show things upside down if you look up into them.
• Writing looks back to front in a mirror.

E3

• If you write your name upside down and back to front it will look OK in the mirror This is called mirror writing.
• Things look flipped over in a mirror.
• It is hard to do mirror writing because your hand goes the opposite way to what you think.
• You can use a mirror to read mirror writing.