Lesson Plans – Kovalcin

SE Physics - G201

Week

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June 9, 2008

 

 

SE Physics Pd 1 [Mon Lab] & Pd 3 [Wed Lab]

Content Covered

 

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Period 1 Only:
Give: Test - Wave & Particle Properties of Light
 
Period 3 Only:
Continue/Complete: Particle Properties of Light: Michelson Morley Interferometer, Black Body Radiation & Photoelectric Effect - DeBroglie matter waves
Demonstrate: Michelson Morley, Blackbody Radiation & Photoelectric
Assign: HW9:3 #1-4 Interferometer HW 9:3 #5-15 Photoelectric Effect & #16-21 DeBroglie Matter Waves
Proficiencies addressed:
28. Demonstrate an understanding of the wave nature of light including its ability to reflect, refract, diffract, interfere, and to be polarized. (CCCS #5.2), (CCCS#5.7)
31. Demonstrate an understanding of the conflicting evidence [Michelson-Morley Interferometer, Photoelectric Effect and Blackbody Radiation] regarding light, its interaction with the environment and the resulting wave-particle duality theory. (CCCS #5.2)
32. Demonstrate an understanding of the application of Special Relativity and its resultant effects on time, length, mass & energy. (CCCS #5.2), (CCCS#5.7)

 

 

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Period 1 Only:
Introduce: Special Relativity [SR] - Length
Assign: HW 111 #1-7 Length Contraction & Derivation of Special Relativity - Length
 
Period 3 Only:
Review: HW 9:3 #16-21 DeBroglie Matter Waves
Give: Quiz 9:4 Particle Properties of Light
Collect, Grade & Return: HW 9:3 #1-21 Particle Properties of Light
 
Assigned Reading: Class Notes
9:13a-d Light – Wave or Particle?
9:14a-h Matter Waves – Louis de Broglie
 
Assigned Reading:
Derivation of Special Relativity
Time Travel:
http://www.cix.co.uk/~antcom/welcome.html
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/John_Gribbin/timetrav.htm
GPS Time Correction: http://www.kowoma.de/en/gps/errors.htm
 

 

 

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Period 1 Only:
 Review: HW111 #1-7 SR - Length Contraction
Introduce: SR - Time Dilation - Simultaneity - Time Travel
Assign: HW 112 #8-12 Time Dilation,& Derivation of Special Relativity Length
Twin Paradox: http://www.cix.co.uk/~antcom/tp.html 
GPS Time Correction: http://www.kowoma.de/en/gps/errors.htm
 
Period 3 Only:
Give: Test - Wave & Particle Properties of Light
 
Written assignments: Wave Properties of Light
HW 9:3 #1-4 Interferometer
HW 9:3 #5-15 Photoelectric Effect
HW 9:3 #16-21 DeBroglie Matter Waves
Written assignments: Special Relativity
HW 111 #1-7 Length Contraction
HW 112 #8-12 Time Dilation
HW 113 #1-5 Velocity Transformation
HW 114 #6-16 Mass Expansion
HW 115 #1-9 Energy
HW 116 #1-16 All Together

 

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Period 1 Only:
Review: HW 112 #8-12 Time Dilation
Introduce: SR - Velocity Transformations
 Assign: HW 113 #1-5 Velocity Transformation
 
Period 3 Only:
Introduce: SR - Length
Assign: HW 111 #1-7 Length Contraction & Derivation of Special Relativity - Length
 
Evaluations: Light as a Wave/Particle
 Test - Wave & Particle Properties of Light
 
Evaluations: Special Relativity
Quiz Special Relativity - Length, Time & Velocity
Quiz Special Relativity - Mass & Energy

 

 

 

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Period 1 Only:
Review:  HW 113 #1-5 Velocity Transformation
Give: Quiz Special Relativity - Length, Time & Velocity
Collect, Grade & Return: Special Relativity #111-113
 Introduce: SR - Mass
Assign: HW 114 #6-16 Mass Expansion
 
Period 3 Only:
 Review: HW111 #1-7 SR - Length Contraction
Introduce: SR - Time Dilation - Simultaneity - Time Travel
Assign: HW 112 #8-12 Time Dilation,& Derivation of Special Relativity Length - Twin Paradox http://www.cix.co.uk/~antcom/tp.html 

 
General: The topic of Special Relativity will be developed using the laws of physics learned throughout this school year. I will be using a combination of PowerPoint and web resources to introduce the fundamental conclusions of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.

Power Point Slideshow - Derivation of Special Relativity