SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
E1. Relating Science to Technology, Society, and Environment
By the end of this course, students will:
E1.1 analyse, with reference to the principles related to the wave nature of light, a technology that uses these principles (e.g., Xeon lights, spectroscopes, polarized sunglasses) [Al,C]
E1.2 assess the impact on society and the environment of technologies that use the wave nature of light ( e.g., DVDs, polarized lenses, night vision goggles, wireless networks) [Al, Cl]
E2. Developing Skills of Investigation and Communication
By the end of this course, students will:
E2.1 use appropriate terminology related to the wave nature of light, including, but not limited to: diffraction, didpersion, wave interference, nodal line, phase, oscillate, polarization, and electromagnetic radiation [C]
E2.2 conduct inquiries involving the diffraction and interference of waves, using ripple tanks or computer simulations [PR]
E2.3 conduct inquiries involving the diffraction, refraction, polarization, and interference of white lights (e.g., shine lasers through single, double, and multiple slits; observe a computer simulation of Young's double slit experiment; measure the index of refraction of different materials; observe the effect of crossed polarizing filters on transmitted light) [PR]
E2.4 analyse diffraction and interference of water waves and light waves (e.g., with reference to two - point source interference in a ripple tank, thin - film interference, multiple - slit interence), and solve related problems [PR, Al]
E3. Understanding Basic Concepts
By the end of this course, students will:
E3.1 describe and explain the diffraction and interference of water waves in two dimensions
E3.2 describe and explain the diffraction, diffraction, polarization, and interference of light waves (e.g., reduced resolution caused be diffraction, mirages caused by refraction, polarization caused by reflection and filters, thin - film interference in soap films and air wedges, interference of light on CDs)
E3.3 use the concepts of refraction, diffraction, polarization, and wave interference to explain the separation of light into colours in various situations (e.g., light travelling through a prism; light contacting thin film, soap film, stresses plastic between two polarizing filters)
E3.4 describe, in qualitative terms, the production of electromagnetic radiation by an oscillating electric dipole (e.g., a radio transmitter, a microwave emitter, an X - ray emitter, electron energy transitions in an atom)
By the end of this course, students will:
E1.1 analyse, with reference to the principles related to the wave nature of light, a technology that uses these principles (e.g., Xeon lights, spectroscopes, polarized sunglasses) [Al,C]
E1.2 assess the impact on society and the environment of technologies that use the wave nature of light ( e.g., DVDs, polarized lenses, night vision goggles, wireless networks) [Al, Cl]
E2. Developing Skills of Investigation and Communication
By the end of this course, students will:
E2.1 use appropriate terminology related to the wave nature of light, including, but not limited to: diffraction, didpersion, wave interference, nodal line, phase, oscillate, polarization, and electromagnetic radiation [C]
E2.2 conduct inquiries involving the diffraction and interference of waves, using ripple tanks or computer simulations [PR]
E2.3 conduct inquiries involving the diffraction, refraction, polarization, and interference of white lights (e.g., shine lasers through single, double, and multiple slits; observe a computer simulation of Young's double slit experiment; measure the index of refraction of different materials; observe the effect of crossed polarizing filters on transmitted light) [PR]
E2.4 analyse diffraction and interference of water waves and light waves (e.g., with reference to two - point source interference in a ripple tank, thin - film interference, multiple - slit interence), and solve related problems [PR, Al]
E3. Understanding Basic Concepts
By the end of this course, students will:
E3.1 describe and explain the diffraction and interference of water waves in two dimensions
E3.2 describe and explain the diffraction, diffraction, polarization, and interference of light waves (e.g., reduced resolution caused be diffraction, mirages caused by refraction, polarization caused by reflection and filters, thin - film interference in soap films and air wedges, interference of light on CDs)
E3.3 use the concepts of refraction, diffraction, polarization, and wave interference to explain the separation of light into colours in various situations (e.g., light travelling through a prism; light contacting thin film, soap film, stresses plastic between two polarizing filters)
E3.4 describe, in qualitative terms, the production of electromagnetic radiation by an oscillating electric dipole (e.g., a radio transmitter, a microwave emitter, an X - ray emitter, electron energy transitions in an atom)