Unit 5: Waves
AP Standardized Test Questions - Please complete these as directed throughout the unit!
Homework: Please Read the Wave's Review Package (use the video's to review if you need help!!)
Next Class: Time to Review + Quiz - Sound and Waves Basics
Day 1: Self Study Day (See previous for Materials)
Homework: Read Handout - Single and Double Slit Experiment
Next Class: Waves Basics Quiz + Time to Work on Geometric Optics Lab Presentation Day 2: Wave Basics Quiz + Time to Work on Geometric Optics Lab Presentation
Homework: Assign Responsibilities for Geometric Optics Lab Presentation
Next Class: Single and double Slit Experiments
Homework: Worksheet - Single and Double Slit Experiments + Reading - Light Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
Next Class: Quiz - Single/Double Slit + Reflection and Refraction and Polarization
- Waves - Section B MC Package - Physical Optics
- Waves - Section C MC Package - Geometric Optics
- Student Log - Unit 5 - Waves
- Unit 5 - Waves Learning Outcomes
- Video 1 - Interference and Diffraction
- Video 2 - Thin Film Interference
- Video 3 - Dispersion of Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Video 4 - Reflection and Refraction
- Video 5 - Mirrors
- Video 6 - Lenses
- Interference and Diffraction (EXTRA)
- Concave Mirrors - Worked Examples (EXTRA)
- Convex Mirrors - Worked Examples (EXTRA)
- Mirror Calculations (EXTRA)
Homework: Please Read the Wave's Review Package (use the video's to review if you need help!!)
Next Class: Time to Review + Quiz - Sound and Waves Basics
- Reading - Wave's Review (AP Physics 1)
- Reading - Wave's Review (AP Physics 1) KEY
- Waves - Section A MC Package (answers included)
- Video - Wave Basics
- Video - Properties of Traveling Waves
- Video - Standing Waves
- Video - Doppler Shift
Day 1: Self Study Day (See previous for Materials)
Homework: Read Handout - Single and Double Slit Experiment
Next Class: Waves Basics Quiz + Time to Work on Geometric Optics Lab Presentation Day 2: Wave Basics Quiz + Time to Work on Geometric Optics Lab Presentation
Homework: Assign Responsibilities for Geometric Optics Lab Presentation
Next Class: Single and double Slit Experiments
- Reading - Single and Double Slit Wave Interference
- Extra: Textbook - Interference and Diffraction (Extra material)
Homework: Worksheet - Single and Double Slit Experiments + Reading - Light Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
Next Class: Quiz - Single/Double Slit + Reflection and Refraction and Polarization
- Notes - Interference - Single and Double Slit Wave Interference (handout)
- Notes - Interference - Single and Double Slit Wave Interference (pptx)
- Video - Veritasium - Double Slit Experiment
- Worksheet - Single and Double Slit Experiments
- Whiteboarding (AP Level) Questions - Single and Double Slit Interference
- Reading - Light - Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
- Reading - Light - Reflection, Refraction and Polarization KEY
Day 4: Group B (Reflection and Refraction) Presentation! + Quiz - Single and Double Slit Interference
uble Slit Interference + Light - Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
Homework: Finish Waves - Section B MC Package - You should be able to do Section B of the Learning Outcomes by now!
Next Class: Refraction of a Laser Lab (Groups of 2!)
Homework: Finish Waves - Section B MC Package (email me for the key!) + Prepare for Refraction Lab (see below)
Next Class: Refraction of a Laser Lab (Groups of 2 on Google Classroom)
uble Slit Interference + Light - Reflection, Refraction and Polarization
Homework: Finish Waves - Section B MC Package - You should be able to do Section B of the Learning Outcomes by now!
Next Class: Refraction of a Laser Lab (Groups of 2!)
- Quiz - Single and Double Slit Interference - 2a, 2b, 2c
- Website - Refraction of Light + Applet
- Reading - Light - Reflection and Thin Film Interference
- Reading - Light - Reflection and Thin Film Interference KEY
- Reading/Worksheet - Total Internal Reflection
Homework: Finish Waves - Section B MC Package (email me for the key!) + Prepare for Refraction Lab (see below)
Next Class: Refraction of a Laser Lab (Groups of 2 on Google Classroom)
Day 6: Lab - Refraction Index of a Block + Wavelength of a Laser + Mystery Challenge!
Homework: Complete Lab + Reading/Worksheet Total Internal Reflection
Next Class: Refraction + Ray Diagrams of Concave and Convex Mirrors Day 7: Group D (Pinhole Cameras and Image Formation) Presentation!
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Mirrors
Next Class: Mirrors Quiz + Lenses
Homework: Complete Lab + Reading/Worksheet Total Internal Reflection
Next Class: Refraction + Ray Diagrams of Concave and Convex Mirrors Day 7: Group D (Pinhole Cameras and Image Formation) Presentation!
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Mirrors
Next Class: Mirrors Quiz + Lenses
- Quiz - Thin Film Interference - 4a, 4b, 4c
- Reading - Mirrors and Lenses
Day 8: Group E (Spherical Mirrors) + Convex/Concave Mirrors
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Mirrors
Next Class: Convex/Concave Lenses
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Lenses + Geometric Optics Simulation (Complete in Pairs! See Google Classroom) + Finish Quiz 5 on Own!
Next Class: Unit Quiz - Waves!
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Mirrors
Next Class: Convex/Concave Lenses
- Notes - Mirrors (powerpoint)
- Worksheet - Concave and Convex Mirrors
- Worksheet - Concave and Convex Mirrors KEY
- Handout - Mirrors and Lenses Cheat Sheet!
Homework: Worksheet - Concave/Convex Ray Diagrams/Calculations for Lenses + Geometric Optics Simulation (Complete in Pairs! See Google Classroom) + Finish Quiz 5 on Own!
Next Class: Unit Quiz - Waves!
Day 10: Unit Quiz + Socrative Review
Homework: Remaining MC Packages (Physical Optics, Geometric Optics)
Next Class: Unit Test - Waves (Light)
Day 11: Unit Test - Waves (Light)
Homework: Review Science 10 (Radioactive Decay + Fission/Fusion) + Mass Equivalence of Energy E = mc SQUARED! (watch video's 1 and 2 if you need extra help!)
Next Class: Nuclear Physics Quiz + Atomic Physics
Homework: Remaining MC Packages (Physical Optics, Geometric Optics)
Next Class: Unit Test - Waves (Light)
Day 11: Unit Test - Waves (Light)
Homework: Review Science 10 (Radioactive Decay + Fission/Fusion) + Mass Equivalence of Energy E = mc SQUARED! (watch video's 1 and 2 if you need extra help!)
Next Class: Nuclear Physics Quiz + Atomic Physics
- Reading - Intro to Nuclear Physics (Science 10 Review... Yes I know...)
- Worksheet - Radioactive Decay + Fission/Fusion
- Worksheet - Radioactive Decay + Fission/Fusion KEY
- Reading - Nuclear Chemistry + Mass Equivalence of Energy
- Worksheet - Mass Equivalence of Energy
- Worksheet - Mass Equivalence of Energy KEY