Friday, September 29, 2017

The Law of Refraction

DoNow: You are a lifeguard on a beach and you notice a swimmer in distress down the beach, What is the path that would take the least amount of time to reach the swimmer? Explain.

AIM: I can describe the laws/equations that help predict the direction of  the light path when a light ray strikes a transparent boundary using, drawings, equations and key vocabulary.

Activities:
- Tableshare Refraction WS1
Refraction Thought Experiment
- Calculator Key "SIN" Function Review (notes)
WB Review: sin and arcsin key
- Snell's Biography & Snell's Law Song
Law of Refraction Reading & Refraction WS2
Reading Notes 26.5 (stop at Total Internal Reflection) CE11, CE13; P37
- The in in N-dex HW

Homework:
Complete The in in N-dex HWReading Notes 26.5 (stop at Total Internal Reflection) CE11, CE13; P37; Refraction WS2Refraction Thought Experiment

Due: Refraction WS1

Coming Up:
Refraction of Light Lab
Illustration of one Refraction Phenomenon SpA, Due: 05Oct
What do you think about Refraction? WSRefraction of Light Phenomenon WS, Due: TBA
Refraction TEST: Mon., TBA

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Intro to Refraction

DoNow: What is physical density and the relative physical density of solids, liquids and gases? (notes)

AIM: I can describe what happens to light that is transmitted through a boundary, and the index of refraction using both qualitative and quantitative descriptions. (or just qualitative?)

Activities:
- Submit Curved Mirrors WS5
- Tableshare What do you think about Refraction? WS
Refraction of Light Phenomenon WS
- Tricks of Light (video)
Illustration of one Refraction Phenomenon SpA (4-color minimum)
Refraction Thought Experiment (postponed)
Boundary Behavior Reading & Refraction WS1
- Boundary Behavior (notes)

Boundary Behavior Animation

Homework:
Complete Refraction WS1

Due: Something nice for someone.

Coming Up:
Refraction Phenomenon
Illustration of one Refraction Phenomenon SpA, Due: 05Oct
What do you think about Refraction? WSRefraction of Light Phenomenon WS, Due: TBA
Refraction TEST: TBA

Monday, September 25, 2017

Curved Mirror Test

DoNow: What was the coolest thing you experienced in AP Physics 2, so far?

AIM: I can show that I know how to apply key vocabulary, ray diagrams and equations that model reflection of light.

Activities:
- Submit Curved Mirror Lab w/ BookletCurved Mirror CER
- Submit Inverting Maths HWReflection Phenomenon WSWhat do you think about Reflection? WS
- Tableshare Curved Mirrors WS5
- T.E.S.T Taking Formation

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- Preview What do you think about Refraction? WS
- Intro to Refraction Demos

Homework:
Preview What do you think about Refraction? WS

Due: Curved Mirrors WS5

Coming Up:
Refraction Phenomenon
What do you think about Refraction? WS, Due: TBA
Refraction TEST: TBA

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Curved Mirror Wrap-Up

DoNow: Use the parallax technique to verify the location of the virtual images formed in concave mirrors. (video)

AIM: I can use key vocabulary, ray drawings, and equations to predict the location of images both qualitatively and quantitatively in a convex or divergent mirror.

Activities:
-Submit Mirror Maths HWReading Notes Ch 26.4 (mirror equation to end of section) CQ5, CE7, CE9, P17, P19, P21; Curved Mirror WS4Curved Mirror WS3
- Tableshare Inverting Maths HW
- Curved Mirror CER
Reflections in Convex Mirrors Reading & Curved Mirrors WS5
- Review What do you think about Reflection? WS
WB Review: Reflection

Homework:
Review for TEST. Complete Curved Mirrors WS5Curved Mirror Lab

Due: Inverting Maths HWWhat do you think about Reflection? WS

Coming Up:
Curved Mirror TEST
Curved Mirror Lab, Due: Mon., 25Sep2017
Reflection Phenomenon WSWhat do you think about Reflection? WS Due: Mon., 25Sep2017
Reflection TEST: Mon., 25Sep2017

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Curved Mirror Lab

DoNow: What does the sign of the image distance and image height and magnification show when using the mirror equation? (notes)

AIM: I can describe how to locate the real images and the virtual images created by an object with a concave mirror using key vocabulary, ray-drawings and equations.

Activities:
- Submit Crossed Thought HWReading Notes Ch 26.3 - 26.4 (stop at mirror equation) CQ3, CE3, CE5, P5, P7; Curved Mirror WS2Curved Mirror WS1
- Tableshare Mirror Maths HWReading Notes Ch 26.4 (mirror equation to end of section) CQ5, CE7, CE9, P17, P19, P21; Curved Mirror WS4Curved Mirror WS3
- RGB Colorcode Plane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph
- Submit Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror LabPlane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph
Curved Mirror Lab
- Inverting Maths HW

Homework: (all items are to be completed, but bold items are collected next class)
Complete Inverting Maths HW

Due: Mirror Maths HWReading Notes Ch 26.4 (mirror equation to end of section) CQ5, CE7, CE9, P17, P19, P21; Curved Mirror WS4Curved Mirror WS3

Coming Up:
Curved Mirror Wrap-Up
Curved Mirror Lab, Due: Mon., 25Sep2017
Reflection Phenomenon WSWhat do you think about Reflection? WS Due: Mon., 25Sep2017
Reflection TEST: Mon., 25Sep2017

Friday, September 15, 2017

The Mirror Equation

DoNow: What are the light paths used to locate images in curved mirrors? What is the advantage of using these approximations when locating images? Which images are the most difficult to locate? Why? (Sequencing Activity)

AIM: I can describe how to apply the Law of Reflection and use the approximated ray patterns to qualitatively locate images formed by curved mirrors and apply the Mirror Equation to quantitatively locate images formed by curved mirrors.

Activities:
- Submit Reflection WS4Reflection WS3
- Tableshare Crossed Thought HWReading Notes Ch 26.3 - 26.4 (stop at mirror equation) CQ3, CE3, CE5, P5, P7; Curved Mirror WS2Curved Mirror WS1
Curved Mirror WS3
- Curved Mirror Exploration Activity (verify the predicted images w/ a concave mirror)
- Mirror Equation Sign Convention (notes)
The Mirror Equation Reading & Curved Mirror WS4 (youtube)
- Walker Reading Notes Ch 26.4 (mirror equation to end of section) CQ5, CE7, CE9, P17, P19, P21
- Mirror Maths HW
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018 (english) (spanish)

Homework: (all items are to be completed, but bold items are collected next class)
Complete Mirror Maths HWReading Notes Ch 26.4 (mirror equation to end of section) CQ5, CE7, CE9, P17, P19, P21; Curved Mirror WS4Curved Mirror WS3

Due: Crossed Thought HWReading Notes Ch 26.3 - 26.4 (stop at mirror equation) CQ3, CE3, CE5, P5, P7; Curved Mirror WS2Curved Mirror WS1

Coming Up:
Curved Mirror Experience
Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror LabPlane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph Tue. 19Sep2017
Reflection Phenomenon WSWhat do you think about Reflection? WS Due: TBA
Reflection TEST: TBA

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Curved Mirror Intro

DoNow: Draw a circle to approximate the edge of a sphere. Now draw a line that is perpendicular to the surface. What other landmarks of the sphere are also found on this line? What would you name this perpendicular line and why? (notes)

AIM: I will be able to apply the Law of Reflection to curved surfaces and use key vocabulary to describe the four general ray paths that qualitatively locate the related object and image locations, orientations, heights and types formed by a section of a thin mirror section of a spherically shaped reflecting surface.

Activities:
- Submit Eye Chart Demonstrator SpA
- Dot or Not Reflection Cinquain SpA
- Submit Preview Notes Ch 26, Reading Notes: Ch26.1-26.2  CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92; Mirror Mirror HWReflection WS1
- Tableshare Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror Array LabPlane Mirror Lab CER ParagraphReflection WS4Reflection WS3Reflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WS
Anatomy of a Curved Mirror Reading & Curved Mirror WS1
Stop To Think About Particle Path (notes)
- Reflection Curved Sufrace Particle Model Demo (notes)
Ray Diagrams For Curved Mirrors & Curved Mirror WS2 (Ms. Twu youtube)
- Walker Reading Notes Ch 26.3 - 26.4 (stop at mirror equation) CQ3, CE3, CE5, P5, P7
- Crossed Thought HW
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018 (english) (spanish)

Homework:
Complete Crossed Thought HWReading Notes Ch 26.3 - 26.4 (stop at mirror equation) CQ3, CE3, CE5, P5, P7; Curved Mirror WS2Curved Mirror WS1Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror Array LabPlane Mirror Lab CER ParagraphReflection WS4Reflection WS3Reflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WS

Coming Up:
The Mirror Equation
Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror LabPlane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph Tue. 19Sep2017
Reflection TEST: TBA

Monday, September 11, 2017

Plane Mirror Lab Wrap

DoNow: Norma the turtle is drinking from a puddle and sees the reflection of fruit which appears 30° to the left and 0.5 m from her nose at the surface of the water. Whiteboard the ray diagram to qualitatively locate the fruit for the turtle, then calculate and annotate the quantitative position of the fruit, relative to the turtle. (notes)

AIM: I will be able to apply the Law of Reflection to curved surfaces and use key vocabulary to describe the four general ray paths that qualitatitvely locate the related object and image locations, orientations, heights and types formed by a section of a spherically shaped reflecting surface.

Activities:
- Proudly Submit Your Excellent Galileo's Heartbeat LabPlane as Day HW
- Tableshare Reflection Cinquain SpAPreview Notes Ch 26, Reading Notes: Ch26.1-26.2  CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92; Mirror Mirror HWEye Chart Demonstrator SpAPlane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror Array LabReflection WS1Reflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WS
Right Angle Mirror Array Lab (verification and review)
Plane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph
- Stop To Think About Plane Mirrors (notes) (on your own)
Specular vs. Diffuse Reflection Reading & Reflection WS3
- Reflection of Light (video) (on your own)
Ray Diagrams Reading & Reflection WS4
WB Review: Plane Mirror Reflection (on your own)
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018 (english) (spanish)

Homework:
Complete Reflection Cinquain SpAReflection WS4Reflection WS3Plane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror Array LabPlane Mirror Lab CER ParagraphReflection WS1 Preview Notes Ch 26, Reading Notes: Ch26.1-26.2  CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92; Mirror Mirror HWEye Chart Demonstrator SpAReflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WS

Coming Up:
Curved Mirror Reflection
Plane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph Tue. 19Sep2017
Reflection Cinquain SpA, Due: Wed., 13Sep2017
Eye Chart Demonstrator SpA, Due: Wed., 13Sep2017
Reflection TEST: TBA

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Plane Mirror Reflection

DoNow: What did you observe when a slinky wave hit a boundary? How is this model like a mirror? How is it not like a mirror? (wave PhET)

AIM: I can describe how to use the photon model of light to predict direction of incident and reflected light path at a boundary and apply the vocabulary for the ray diagram.

Activities:
- Submit Summer Break Is Over HWGalileo's Heartbeat Lab; Walker Reading Notes: Ch1.6 - 1.8 & CQ3, CE3, CE5, P27, P39; That's A Swell Graph HW
- Tableshare Reflection Cinquain SpAPlane as Day HWReflection Phenomenon WS…think about Reflection? WS
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018
- Color in a Cup Demo & Line of Sight Demo (notes)
Plane Mirror Lab
- Light and the Law of Reflection (video) (notes)
- Right Angle Mirror Array Lab
- Plane Mirror Lab CER Paragraph
Law of Reflection Reading & Reflection WS1
- Eye Chart Demonstrator SpA
- Reflection of Light (video)
- Walker Preview Notes Ch 26
- Walker Reading Notes: Ch26.1-26.2 CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92
- Mirror Mirror HW
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018 (english) (spanish)

Homework:
Complete Walker Preview Notes Ch 26, Walker Reading Notes: Ch26.1-26.2  CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92; Mirror Mirror HWEye Chart Demonstrator SpAPlane Mirror LabRight Angle Mirror Array LabReflection WS1Reflection Cinquain SpAPlane as Day HWReflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WS

Coming Up:
Curved Mirror Reflection
Galileo's Heartbeat Lab, Due: Thu., 07Sep2017 or Mon., 11Sep2017
Reflection Cinquain SpA, Due: Wed., 13Sep2017
Eye Chart Demonstrator SpA, Due: Wed., 13Sep2017
Reflection TEST: TBA

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Intro to Reflection

DoNow: When you see or perceive an image or an object, what are you detecting with your eyes?

AIM: I will be able to describe experiences and organize observations of light reflection phenomenon using key vocabulary and use the "line of sight" technique to illustrate the qualitative and quantitative relationships of objects an their images formed in a plane mirror.

Activities:
- Submit Preview Notes Ch1; Reading Notes: Ch1.1 - 1.5 & CQ1, CE1, P2, P5, P9
- Tableshare Summer Break Is Over HWGalileo's Heartbeat Lab; Walker Reading Notes: Ch1.6 - 1.8 & CQ3, CE3, CE5, P27, P39; That's A Swell Graph HW; Interactive Class Notebook
- What do you think about Reflection? WS
- Reflection Phenomenon WS
- Line of Sight Demo (notes) (postponed)
- Plane Mirror Lab (postponed)
- Light and the Law of Reflection (video) (notes) (postponed)
- Reflection Cinquain SpA
- Walker Preview Notes Ch 26 (postponed)
- Walker Reading Notes: Ch26.1 CQ1, CE1, P1(postponed)
- Plane as Day HW
- Adopt a Classroom Fundraiser 2017-2018 (english) (spanish)

Homework:
Complete Plane Mirror LabReflection Cinquain SpA; Walker Preview Notes Ch 26; Walker Reading Notes: Ch26.1 CQ1, CE1, P1, P5, P92; Plane as Day HWReflection Phenomenon WS…about Reflection? WSSummer Break Is Over HWGalileo's Heartbeat Lab; Walker Reading Notes: Ch1.6 - 1.8 & CQ3, CE3, CE5, P27, P39; That's A Swell Graph HW

Coming Up:
Plane Mirror Reflection
Galileo's Heartbeat Lab, Due: Thu., 07Sep
Reflection Cinquain SpA, Due: Mon., 11Sep
Reflection TEST: TBA