Lesson Plans – Kovalcin

Lab Physics - G201 - Pd 4/5

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 Mar 22, 2010

 

 

Lab Physics Period 4/5 - Daily Activities

Content Covered - Unit Plans

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Review: HW 8:4 #18-28 Decibels db=10*log[I/Io]
Review: HW 8:4 #1-48 Sound Waves
Announce: Quiz 8:3 - Sound Waves for Tuesday
Classwork: Prepare for Quiz/Test in small groups. 
Proficiencies addressed:
3. Demonstrate the ability to successfully complete appropriate laboratory experiments including: data collection, data organization, data analysis, error analysis, evaluation and conclusion drawing. (WRS #2), (CCCS #5.3)
8. Demonstrate the ability to write a well organized and clearly worded lab report. (WRS #2), (CCCS #5.3)
24. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of waves, including sound and its properties. (CCCS # 5.7)
25. Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of light. (CCCS # 5.7)

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Review: HW 8:4 #1-48 Sound Waves
Give:  Quiz 8:3 - Sound Waves
Collect, Grade & Return:  HW 8:4 #1-48 Sound Waves
Classwork: Prepare for Test in small groups. 
 
Written assignments: Wave Motion
HW 8:4 #1-5 Wave Speed         #6-13 Closed Tube
     #14-17 Open Tube                #18-28 Decibels
     #29-35 Doppler Effect          #36-37 Beats
     #38-48 Laws of Strings
 
Written assignments: Light Waves
HW 9:1 #1-16 Refraction of Light
HW 9:2 #1-19 Wave Properties of Light
1-2 Single & Double Slits   3-8 Thin Films
9-13 Polarization   14-19 Diffraction
 

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Double Lab 3, 4/5
 
Give: Test Mechanical Waves & Sound
 
Reading Assignment: 9:1a-l Introduction to Light;
9:2 Reflection of Light
 
Assigned Reading: Light Waves
9:1a-l Introduction to Light
9:2 Reflection of Light
9:3a-i Refraction of Light
9:4a-d Diffraction of Light
9:5a-k Interference & Thin Films
9:6a-e Polarization - Selective Absorption
9:7a-f Polarization - Reflection
9:8a-b Polarization - Selective Absorption
9:9a-e Diffraction Limit
 

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Introduce/Demonstrate: Light Spectrum - Gamma, X-rays, UV, Visible, IR, Radio, Cell Phones & Long Wave.
Introduce: Light as a Wave Phenomenon - Reflection of Light - Lab 9:1 Light as a Wave -  Reflection
Begin/Complete: Lab 9:1 Reflection of Light
Reading Assignment: 9:3a-i Refraction of Light
Evaluations: Mechanical Waves
 Quiz 8:3 - Sound Waves
 Test Mechanical Waves & Sound
 
Evaluations: Light as a Wave/Particle
 Quiz -9:1 Refraction of Light
Quiz 9:2 Wave Properties of Light
 

 

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Review: Lab 9:1 Reflection of Light
Introduce: Refraction of Light - Index of Refraction - Snell's Law
Begin/Complete: Lab 9:2 Refraction of Light
Assigned Reading: 9:3a-i Refraction of Light
Written Assignment: HW 9:1 #1-9 Refraction of Light

 


 
Laboratory 9:1 Reflection of Light
Laboratory 9:2 Refraction of Light
 
Demonstrations: Demonstrate the different Types of light!