Goal 1 - Scientific Inquiry

Goal 2 - Linear Motion

Goal 3 - 2D Motion

Goal 4 - Forces and Newton's Laws

Goal 5 - Impulse and Momentum

Goal 6 - Energy

Goal 7 - Wave Motion and Light

Goal 8 - Static Electricity and Circuits

Goal 7: The learner will develop an understanding of wave motion and the wave nature of sound and light.

Objective 3: Analyze the behavior of waves at boundaries between media: Reflection, including the Law of Reflection and Refraction, including Snell's Law.

Websites

Wave Snacks from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconwaves.html

Light Snacks from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconlight.html

Einstein's Legacy: Uses of EM Radiation
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/einsteins_legacy.html

Circles of Light - Build a Rainbow with Reflection and Refraction
http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/rainbow/

Reflection Snacks from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconreflection.html

Refraction Snacks from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconrefraction.html

Reflection & Mirrors
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/refln/reflntoc.html

Refraction and the Ray Model
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/refrn/refrntoc.html

Light Waves
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/lighttoc.html

Waves and Light Lessons
http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/lesson/09waves.htm

Lesson Plans

Spherical Mirrors
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8905.html

Comparison of Images formed by Plane, Cylindrical and Spherical Mirrors
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph93js.html

Microscopes and Telescopes
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8818.html

Shockwaves and Applets

Optics Physlets
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Optics/outline_Optics.html

 
 
     

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