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Monday, May 14

 

• How light is  made

• Energy from photons using Planck's constant

• Law of reflection

• retroreflectors and the lunar ranging experiment

 

Tuesday, May 15

 

• *small class due to AP testing

 

Wednesday, May 16

 

• Speed of light discovery

• Index of refraction

• The least time problem

 

Thursday, May 17

 

• Using Snell's law to find angles of refrac tion

• Light speed as it emerges from material

• Total internal reflection: Try to find the refractive angle for light hitting a water/air interface at 60..°

 

Friday, May 18

 

• P. 746; 1, 6, 17 due

• Questions?

• Hand in problems

• Some more total internal reflection examples

 

Monday, May 21

 

• P. 747, 7-12 due

• Go over refraction problems

 

Tuesday, May 22

 

• Color mixing

• Mirages

 

Wednesday, May 23

 

• P. 748, 21-24 due

 

Thursday, May 24

 

• Final Exam: Part 1

 

Friday, May 25

 

• Final Exam: Part 2