Light and Optics

Chapters 27 - 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Class

Concepts

Hewitt

Online

Video

Text

Th 7/19

Waves Test

Photons, Particle Theory,

3x108 m/s, Light-year,

Electromagnetic (EM) wave,

 EM Spectrum, Infrared, Microwave,

Ultraviolet, Transparent,

Opaque, Shadow, Umbra,

Penumbra, Polarization

Color Spectrum, White light,

RGB, Reflection, Pigment,

Transmission, Sunlight, Fluorescent,

Incandescence, Magenta, Cyan,

 Complementary, Mixing Pigments,

Subtractive Colors, Blue Sky,

Sunsets Red, Ocean Cyan,

Clouds White, Line Spectrum,

Spectroscope

Read

Chapters

27-28

 

DO

684-5

MU: Particles and Waves

Visible Light & Dispersion

EM Waves - Simulation

Polarization

EM Wave Basics

EM Spectrum

Light Waves and Color

·         Dr. E’s Light PowerPoint and Mr. Traeger’s Light and Stars PowerPoint

·         Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Lab

·         Blackbody Curve: Use this to help answer Part 5, Question #6

·         Emission Spectra of the Elements: This site will help to identify what elements were in each of the gas tubes that you viewed in class.

·         Spectra of Gas Discharges: Another site that will help you to identify the elements that you saw in lab.

·         Periodic Table and Emission Spectra: Another site for help in identifying emission spectra elements.

·         Emission Spectra of the Elements #2: Another site for help in identifying the emission spectra of elements

·         KSU Spectroscopy Site: Put different elements in the power supply to see what their emission spectra are.

·         Make cereal box spectroscopes.

·         The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Link 1 and Link 2 and an exploded star in multiple wavelengths

·         What wavelength goes with each color?

·         Multi-wavelength Astronomy

·         Energy Levels and Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom

·         Light spectra

·         The Doppler Effect

·         Stellar Spectra and the Doppler Effect

·         How Telescopes Work: Site 1 and Site 2 and Site 3

 

·         Hand out Mystery Spectra ?

·         Hand out Red Shift, Blue Shift, both sides?

·         EM Worksheet as Table Groups?

F 7/20

·         Group Quiz on light basics from sections 1, 3, and 5 from Light: The Astronomer’s Friend Lab

 

·    Light and distance lab

·    The Electromagnetic Spectrum: What’s the Use? Use the following links to complete this.

JPL Space Images

Spitzer Space Telescope Images

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Hubble Site Gallery

Multi-wavelength Astronomy

·    How Can Getting Farther Away from Earth Help Us See It More Clearly? The basics of remote sensing

 

·    Review PowerPoint

M 7/23

Light Test

 

 

 

 

Optics