Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Sound, Light & Reflection, Refraction, Interference &
Diffraction
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Sound
(7) Science concepts.
The student knows the
characteristics and
behavior of waves. The
student is expected to:
(A) examine and
describe oscillatory
motion and wave
propagation in various
types of media; (EOC
Supporting Standard)
(B) investigate and
analyze characteristics
of waves, including
velocity, frequency,
amplitude, and
wavelength, and
calculate using the
relationship between
wave speed, frequency,
and wavelength; (EOC
Readiness Standard)
Guiding Questions
How is an echo
formed?
How can you
calculate
wavelength of radio
stations?
How can an opera
singer break a
crystal glass?
A sound source of high
frequency emits a high
(a) speed
(b) amplitude
(c) pitch
(d) all of these
(e) none of these
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 days, 10 days, 5 days, 5 days
Vocabulary
Compression
Mach One (Lab 69)
Resources/
Weblinks
Text: Texas
Physics, Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt,
2015
Pitch
Intensity
Decibel
Resonance
Fundamental
Frequency
Harmonic Series
Timbre
Beat
Revised Spring 2014
Ripple Tank
Observation
Rarefaction
Doppler effect
A sound wave is a
(a) longitudinal wave
(b) transverse wave
(c) standing wave
(d) shock wave
(e) none of these
Instructional
Strategies
Project/lab:
Building Your Own
Instrument: Project
ELPS:
http://ritter.tea.state.
tx.us/rules/tac/chapt
er074/ch074a.html
2G: Daily Oral
Language
2H: Prediction Café
3D: Instructional
Conversation
Note packets, Graph
matching software
Apps:
Sound Uncovered
I Tunes U – TASA
Physics
Optics and
Electricity
http://vod.esc11.net/videos
/11315/pgr11315_256k.asf
Atomic Spectra
http://www.colorado.edu/p
hysics/2000/quantumzone/
lines2.html
Hearne ISD
Course: Physics
Unit: Sound, Light & Reflection, Refraction, Interference &
Diffraction
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions
/
Specificit
(C) compare
y
characteristics &
behaviors of transverse
waves, including
electromagnetic waves
& the electromagnetic
spectrum, and
characteristics &
behaviors of
longitudinal waves,
include sound waves;
(EOC Supporting
Standard)
(D) investigate behaviors
of waves, including
reflection, refraction,
diffraction, interference,
resonance, and the
Doppler effect; (EOC
Readiness Standard)
College and Career
Readiness Standards
G. Oscillations and
waves
1. Understand basic
oscillatory motion and
simple harmonic motion.
Revised Spring 2014
Science
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to Teach: 10 days, 10 days, 5 days, 5 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Exemplar Lesson
Electromagnetic
Waves
TEKS 7C
Exemplar Lesson
Doppler Effect
TEKS 7D
Resources/
Weblinks
Hearne ISD
Course: Physics
Unit: Sound, Light & Reflection, Refraction, Interference &
Diffraction
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
2. Understand the
difference between
transverse and
longitudinal waves.
3. Understand wave
terminology:
wavelength, period,
frequency, and
amplitude.
Revised Spring 2014
Science
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to Teach: 10 days, 10 days, 5 days, 5 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Hearne ISD
Light &
Refraction;
Interference &
Diffraction
(7) Science concepts.
The student knows the
characteristics and
behavior of waves. The
student is expected to:
(B) investigate and
analyze characteristics
of waves, including
velocity, frequency,
amplitude, and
wavelength, and
calculate using the
relationship between
wave speed, frequency,
and wavelength; (EOC
Readiness Standard)
Revised Spring 2014
Science
Guiding Questions
Why can light be used
to measure distances
accurately?
How fast do x-rays
travel in a vacuum?
Does a light ray
travelling from one
medium to another
always bend toward
the normal?
Why does a clear
stream always
appear to be
shallower than it
actually is?
Which of the following
processes does not
linearly polarize light?
(a) scattering
(b) transmission
(c) refraction
(d) reflection
Electromagnetic
Wave
Which of the following
kinds of waves cannot
be polarized?
(a) microwaves
(b) ultrasonic
waves
(c) infrared waves
(d) gamma waves
Angle of Reflection
Exemplar Lesson
Focal Length
TEKS 7 D,E
Reflection
Angle of Incidence
Virtual Image
Concave spherical
mirror
Real Image
Convex spherical
mirror
Exemplar Lesson
Optics Bench
TEKS 7 D,E
Exemplar Lesson
Image Formation
and Ray Diagram
TEKS 7E
Exemplar Lesson
Ray Diagrams
TEKS 7E
http://www.physics
classroom.com/clas
s/light
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Sound, Light & Reflection, Refraction, Interference &
Diffraction
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 days, 10 days, 5 days, 5 days
(C) compare
characteristics &
behaviors of transverse
waves, including
electromagnetic waves
& the electromagnetic
spectrum, and
characteristics &
behaviors of
longitudinal waves,
include sound waves;
(EOC Supporting
Standard)
Linear polarization
(D) investigate
behaviors of waves,
including reflection,
refraction, diffraction,
interference, resonance,
and the Doppler effect;
(EOC Readiness
Standard)
(E) describe and predict
image formation as a
consequence of
reflection from a plane
mirror and refraction
through a thin convex
lens (EOC Supporting
Standard)
Revised Spring 2014
What happens if
two light waves
with the same
amplitude interfere
constructively?
How is light affected by
an increase in the index
of refraction?
(a) its frequency
increases
(b) its frequency
decreases
(c) its speed increases
(d) its speed decreases
Cell phones
communicate by means
of waves. What are the
primary characteristics
of those waves that
make them suitable for
use in cell-phone
networks?
(a) long wavelengths
(b) low frequencies
(c) short wavelengths
(d) high speed
Vocabulary
Refraction
Index of Refraction
Lens
Total internal
Reflection
Critical Angle
Dispersion
Chromatic
Aberration
Coherence
Path Difference
Instructional
Strategies
Exemplar Lesson
Ray Diagrams –
Mirrors
TEKS 7E
Mirrors and
Reflections
Lab: Light
Brightness &
Distance
Light and Optics
Lab: Curved
Mirrors
Lab: Polarization
Lab: Refraction &
Lenses
Order Number
Lab: Camera
Design
Diffraction
Lab: Fiber Optics
Resolving Power
Lab: Double-Slit
Interference
Laser
Resources/
Weblinks
http://maggiesscienceconn
ection.weebly.com/lenses-mirrors.html
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.
edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/h
ome.rxml
How Eye Lenses
Work
http://science.howstuffwor
ks.com/innovation/everyda
y-innovations/lens2.htm
How to Make a
Pinhole Camera
http://www.kodak.c
om/ek/US/en/Pinhol
e_Camera.htm
Science
Course: Physics
Unit: Sound, Light & Reflection, Refraction, Interference &
Diffraction
TEKS
Assessment
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: Fourth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 10 days, 10 days, 5 days, 5 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
(F) describe the role of
wave characteristics and
behaviors in medical
and industrial
applications
ELPS:
College and Career
Readiness Standards
1C: Word Analysis
2D: Cornell Notes
3C: Structured
Conversation
J. Optics
1. Know the
electromagnetic
spectrum
2. Understand the
wave/particle duality of
light.
3. Understand concepts
of geometric optics.
Revised Spring 2014
http://ritter.tea.state.
tx.us/rules/tac/chapt
er074/ch074a.html
Resources/
Weblinks