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Physical Education lessons
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Catch the Light — Why does light bounce off a mirror at the same angle it hits?
Light bounces off a mirror at the same angle it arrives — the law of reflection — so to send a beam somewhere you do not point the mirror at it, you tilt the mirror halfway between the light and the target and aim the bounce. Your little sister has hurt her ankle on a darkening hillside and the rescue hut is across the valley with the last of the sun on its window; all you have is a small mirror. Tilt it to land the beam on the hut's glass, then send the light around a corner with a two-mirror periscope, and meet the rule behind every mirror, periscope and pool-table bank shot: the angle it comes in is the angle it goes out, always.
Beat the Flag
21 questions · 12 min
Catch the Light — Why does light bounce off a mirror at the same angle it hits?
16 questions · 11 min
The Smallest Push — How does a lever let one child lift a huge weight?
11 min
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What does the physical education category cover?
Lessons cover movement and motor skills, training principles and fitness, sports rules and tactics, nutrition, sleep, and general health and wellbeing.
How do teachers use these lessons in a practical subject?
Most teachers run one as a short theory block before or after practical work, or assign it as follow-up so students connect what they did in the hall to why it works.
Are the health lessons age-appropriate?
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