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Updated 5.25.2010

Thursday, May 21

  • 5th
  • Reflection - specular and diffuse
  • Some example problems
  • 6th/7th
  • Intro. to Light (Chapter 22)
    • How light is made
    • E=hf
    • History of discovery of light's nature
    • Speed of light and how light travels
    • Dual wave/particle nature of light
  • *Reflection - specular and diffuse
  • The law of reflection
  • Some example problems

Friday, May 22

  • 5th
  • *Reflection - specular and diffuse
  • The law of reflection
  • Some example problems
  • 7th – No class due to pep rally

Monday, May 24

  • 5th
  • Refraction
    • Definition of n
    • Snell's law
    • Some examples
  • 6th/7th
  • Refraction
    • Definition of n
    • Snell's law
    • Some examples

Tuesday, May 25

  • 5th/6th
  • P. 746; 1, 6, 17 due
  • collect problems
  • Dispersion (#29 and #30)
    • n values are for 589 nm (sodium-D lines average)
    • page 736 has a chart of n vs. lambda for different materials
    • uses of spectrometers and spectrophotometers
  • n1lambda1 = n2lambda2
  • 7th
  • P. 746; 1, 6, 17 due
  • collect problems
  • Dispersion (#29 and #30)
    • n values are for 589 nm (sodium-D lines average)
    • page 736 has a chart of n vs. lambda for different materials
  • n1lambda1 = n2lambda2

Thursday, May 27

  • 5th
  • P. 747, 7-12 due
  • go over problems
  • 7th
  • P. 747, 7-12 due
  • go over problems

Friday, May 28

  • 5th
  • P. 748, 21-24 due
  • Collect problems
  • Total internal reflection and critical angles
  • 6th/7th
  • P. 748, 21-24 due
  • Collect problems
  • Total internal reflection and critical angles
  • *DVD demonstrations (DVD 21 & 22)
  • Work on problems

Wednesday, May 21

  • 5th
  • P. 749, 33-38 due
  • Go over problems
  • 6th/7th
  • P. 749, 33-38 due
  • Go over problems
  • *optics demonstrations

Thursday, May 22

  • 5th/6th
  • P. 750, 44, 47, 49, 54, 59 due
  • Go over problems
  • *DVD demonstrations (DVD 21 & 22)
  • 7th
  • P. 750, 44, 47, 49, 54, 59 due
  • Go over problems

Friday, May 23

  • 5th/6th
  • some more optics demonstrations
  • *Chapter 22 Test
  • 7th
  • Chapter 22 Test