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1 Welcome & Intro
Read Ch 1: About Science
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M/April 7
Ch 19
2 Waves:A,f,T
Traveling wave (transverse or
longitudinal)
v = f
Demo: Slinky
Read Ch 20: Sound
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M/April 14
k Ch 20
Lab :
3 String Modes
Tu/April 1
Unit Conversion, Scientific
Notation, Simple Equations,
Scientific Method,
Eratosthenes
Demo: D1D1: (Sci Units)
Tu/April 8
Ch 1 & Math Quiz (bring
scantron)
Ch 19
Interference
Standing waves
Demo: Rope standing wave,
Nodes & Antinodes
D9D16: Superposition
D9D22: 2-slit water wave
interf)
Tu/April 15
Ch 19 Quiz (bring
scantron
Natural freq & resonance
Read Ch 26: Properties of
Light,
W/April 2
Lab: TBD
Read: Pendulum T & f Lab
W/April 9
Ch 19
Doppler Effect
fo = v/(v+/-vs)fs
Demo: Twirly tubes,
D10D21: Doppler Effect
Th/April 3
Concept of Speed
D1D8 (constant vel)
D1D9 (Bulldozer on sheet)
F/April 4
Ch 19
Pendulum : period & freq
Vibrations: A, f, T
Ch 19: Vibs & Waves
Demo: Pendulum T & f
Lab :
Pendulum T & f
Read Ch 19: Vibrations
& Waves
HW 1 Math & Ch 1 due
Th/April 10
Ch 20: Sound
Sound origin, speed,
reflection, refraction
Demo: Slinky echo,D10D9
(Siren in vac)
Read Ch 21: Musical
Sounds
F/April 11
Prep for String Modes Lab
Demo:
Interference of sound
waves
Read: String Modes Lab
HW 2 Ch 19 due
W/April 16
Ch 20
Natural freq & resonance
Demo: Prayer bowl,
D9D1(bowling ball pend)
D9D6 (Glass breaking)
Th/April 17
Ch 20
Sound interference & Beats
Demo: Tuning fork beats,
whirly tube beats, pendula
beats, Mathematica demo
Tuned wine glass beats,
Strobe light beats
F/April 18
Ch 21: Musical Sound
Sound intensity, loudness,
quality
Demo: Intensity vs loudness
Ch 27: Color
HW 3 Ch 20 due
Read: Speed of Sound w
Resonance Lab
W
M/April 21
k Demo: Interference of 2
speakers with same f
4
Prep: Speed of Sound w
Resonance Lab
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M/April 28
h Ch 26: Props of Light
W Light , f, v = f
k Reflection/Absorption/Transm
ission/Scatter
5 R+A+T+S = 1
Demo: D21D7 (light in vac),
D21D8 (strt line prop), D21D9
(pinhole camera), Selective
R,A,T,S
Read Ch 28: Reflection &
Refraction
HW 4 Ch 21 due
Tu/April 22
Lab :
Speed of Sound with
resonance
W/April 23
Lab :
Speed of Sound with
resonance
Th/April 24
Ch 21
Modes & harmonics
Fourier Analysis
Demo: Mathematica demo,
F/April 25
Ch 21
Modes & harmonics
Fourier Analysis
Demo:
D10D1 (guitar & scope),
D10D15 (Fourier Synth),
D10D16 (vocal formants)
Th/May 1
Ch 21 Quiz (bring
scantron)
F/May 2
Demo:
Air scatter (red sunset)
Water scatter (clouds)
Read: Additive (light) &
Subtractive (pigment) Color
Mixing Lab
Ch 20 Quiz (bring
scantron
Tu/April 29
Ch 26
Eye & visible light
Shadows: umbra, penumbra
Eclipses
Demo: Shadow w small &
large light source
Dim peripheral vision:
movement but no color
W/April 30
Ch 27: Color
R+A+T+S = 1
Complementary colors
Pigments
Demo: Light separation w
prism & grating, D23D25
(Newton color disc),
D23D26 (Add color
mixing), D23D16
(Interference filters),
Reflection from glass plates
Logo color mixing
HW 5 Ch 26 due
Ch 27
Light scatter
Blue sky, red sunsets, blue
water
Demo:
Water scatter (green blue)
Air scatter (blue sky)
Air scatter (red sunset)
Read Ch 29: Light Waves
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M/May 5
Lab :
6 Additive (light) & Subtractive
(pigment) Color Mixing Lab
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M/May 12
k Lab: Multiple Images in
Hinged Mirrors
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Tu/ May 6
Demo:
Pasco Optics Kit Intro
(Pasco #1)
Read: Plane Mirror Image
Location Lab
Tu/ May 13
Ch 28
Refraction, mirages,
rainbows
Snell’s Law
Total internal reflection
Dispersion
Demo: D22D7:Reflection &
refraction in plastic block,
D22D10: Disappearing eye
dropper,D23D23:Colors in
light,D23D24: Rainbow
disc,D9D20: Refraction of
water waves
Read: Pasco #4 Lab
W/ May 7
Ch 26 Quiz (bring
scantron)
Ch 28: Reflection &
Refraction
Law of reflection, diffuse &
specular reflection
Demo:
Law of Reflection
(Pasco #2
HW 6 Ch 27 due
Read: Paso #3 Lab
W/ May 14
Lab: Law of Refraction
(Pasco #`4)
Read: Pasco #6 Lab
Th/ May 8
Ch 28
Plane mirrors & virtual
image
Demo: D21D20: Angles of
incidence &
reflection,D21D21 (Image
location
Lab: Plane Mirror Image
Location
Th/ May 15
Ch 28
Demo: 45 deg prism in &
out of water, D22D11:
Critical angle
Lab: Dispersion & TIR
(Pasco #`6)
Read: Image Location w
Converging Lens Lab
F/ May 9
Ch 27 Quiz (bring
scantron)
Ch 28
Convex mirrors & virtual
image
(Concave & convex
mirrors)
Lab: Image formation in
plane mirror (Pasco#3)
Read: Multiple Images in
Hinged Mirrors Lab
F/ May 16
Ch 28
Lenses: focal length
Image formation
Demo: D22D16: Real image
formation, D22D17: Lens
magn, D22D18:Ray tracing
Lab: Image Location w
Converging Lens
Read: Pasco # 7:
HW 7 Ch 28 due
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M/May 19
Lab: Converging Lens Object
8 & Image Relationship
(Pasco # 7)
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M/May 26
Memorial Day
Tu/ May 20
Ch 29: Light Waves
Diffraction
Demo: D9D21(water wave
single slit diff),
D23D2 (light single slit
diff), D23D6(needle
shadow),
D23D8(knife edge diff)
Tu/ May 27
Ch 29
Polarization
Polarization by reflection
Brewsters angle
Demo: D24D05:Pol by refl,
D24D06:Pol by double refl,
Polarization by polaroid
sheet
Brewsters angle
Demo: D24D05:Pol by refl,
D24D06:Pol by double refl
W/ May 21
Ch 28 Quiz (bring
scantron)
Ch 29
Interference-Young’s Expt
Demo: D9D22(water wave
2 slit),D23D11(light 2 slit),
2nd surface mirror
fringes,D23D20(Michelson
interferometer)
Read:: Light Diffraction
Intro Lab
W/ May 28
Ch 29 \
Polarization by scatter
Demo: D24D7: Pol by
scatter,D24D8:Artificial
sunset
Lab : Polarization
(Pasco # 10)
HW 8 Ch 29 due
Th/ May 22
Ch 29
Interference-Diff grating &
thin films
Lab: Light Diffraction Intro
w slits
Read: Pasc0 # 9 Lab
F/ May 23
Ch 29
Interference-Diff grating &
thin films
Demo: D23D14(Newton
rings), glass plates with air
wedge Ch 29
Interference-Diff grating &
thin films
Lab: Two Slit
Interference
(Pasco # 9)
Read: Pasco # 10 Lab
Th/ May 29
Ch 29
Optical activity
Demo: D24D9: Op ac in
cellophane tape, D24D11:
Op activity in corn syrup,
D24D11: Photoelastic stress
F/ May 30
Demo:
Diffraction and
interference with water
waves
Read Ch 30: Light
Emission
Read: Spectrometer Intro
Lab
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M/June 2
k Ch 29 Quiz (bring
scantron)
1
0 Holograms
Demo: D23D21
Tu/ June 3
Movie: Astronomical
Telescopes
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M/June 9
k Lab: Gas Spectroscopy
Read: Foil Thickness
1 Measurement w Light
1 Interference Lab
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M/June 17
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Lab & Test make up
Tu/ June 10
Prep for interference fringes
1
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Tu/ June 18
Lab & Test make up
W/ June 4
Ch 30: Light Emission
Energy levels
E = hf
Demo: D25D1:Emission
spectra, , D25D7:Flame salts
Th/ June 5
Ch 30
Incandescence
Absorption spectra
Demo: D25D2:Spectral Ab
by Na vapor
F/ June 6
Multiple slit diffraction
Lab: Spectrometer Intro
W/ June 11
Lab: Foil Thickness
Measurement w Light
Interference
Th/ June 12
Lab: Foil Thickness
Measurement w Light
Interference
F/ June 13
Ch 30
Lasers
Applications
W/ June 19
Finals
HW 8 Ch 30 due
Read: Gas Spectroscopy Lab
Th/ June 20
Finals
F/ June 21
Finals