An important aspect of school Physics is to show how different phenomena can be set in the framework of the same general law. In this context I propose a unified treatment of the properties of lenses and mirrors based on the concept of ideal optical system and on the thin lens (and spherical mirror) approximation that describe in a general manner the behaviour of such devices. […]
The conditions why objects rolling down different inclined tracks cover different distances in equal interval of time are studied. We want to demonstrate that the time taken by a ball to cover a chord of a circumference because of gravity, does not depend on the length of the chord itself. […]