Welcome to PH 318
Fall
2007-2008
Without light, there is no...sight!
Paul Hewitt - Conceptual Physics
Thomas Rossing & Christopher Chiaverina - Light Science
PROJECTS
| MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 |
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6 |
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7 |
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8 |
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
problem solving Project work |
project work | 90 min TEST | project work | project presentation |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | none | none | none | none | none |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) | |||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY OCTOBER 29 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 |
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 |
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 |
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
finish Refractive Lab
Part B (Lenses)
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Pinhole Camera Photography |
Problem Solving Lenses |
Problem Solving Lenses & Quiz on Reflection & Refraction 90 min TEST next Wednesday
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| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ gbssci/Phys/Class/refrn/u14l5a.html and http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/lenscon.html#c1 pages 463-470Ch. 30 Lenses 30.1 Converging and Diverging Lenses pages 87-97 4.7 Image Formation by Lenses 4.8 Simple Cameras 4.9 The Human Eye 4.10 Telescopes and Microscopes |
handout | none | none | |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
Reading Quiz
Lenses 8:00 am
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Refractive Lab due | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Web Assign Spherical Mirrors due | Web Assign Refraction due | |||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY OCTOBER 22 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 23 |
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24 |
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25 |
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
problem solving finish lab |
Problem Solving (Mirrors) |
Refraction see helpful site, under "other stuff" below |
Refraction | Total Internal Reflection |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | revisit recommended sites | none |
pages 448-452 29.6 Refraction 29.7 Refraction of Sound 29.8 Refraction of Light Ch.4 pages 79-82 4.1 Bending of Light at a Boundary 4.2 Snell's Law |
pages 452 - 459 29.9 Atmospheric Refraction 29.10 Dispersion in a Prism 29.11 The Rainbow 29.12 Total
Internal Reflection pages 82-86 1.1 Rainbow (revisited) 4.3 Dispersion 4.4 Total Internal Reflection 4.5 Diamonds 4.6 Lenses |
Total Internal Reflection |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
none (work on WebAssign for Tuesday)
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WebAssign
Due |
Reflective Optics Lab due |
Reading Quiz Refraction print & submit
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Reading Quiz Total Internal Reflection |
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | think ahead of time of the method you'll use in your lab |
Lab Refractive Optics |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems |
WebAssign Mirror I due |
WebAssign Mirror II | |||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
http://gbs.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ Academics/gbssci/phys/Class/refrn/u14l2c.html
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| MONDAY OCTOBER 15 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 16 |
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 |
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 |
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Quiz on Photoelectric Effect Lab on Geometrical Optics |
Pinholes and Shadows finish Lab |
Reflective Optics Mirrors Lab |
Problem Solving
Mirrors |
Finish Lab on Mirrors (parts F & G) |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
...on pinholes and shadows (recommended sites in the reading quiz for tomorrow) |
none |
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ CP 442-445 29.1 Reflection 29.2 The Law of Reflection 29.3 Mirrors pages 51-59 3.1 Images Formed by Plane and Curved Mirrors 3.2 Concave Mirrors 3.3 Convex Mirrors
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| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
submit
Spectra Lab along with Photoelectric lab Pinholes and Shadows beside electronically submission, please PRINT a hardcopy and SUBMIT |
Reading Quiz
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Reading Quiz Spherical Mirrors parts D & E of the lab |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Lab Pinholes and Shadows wear close-toed shoes |
Lab Reflective Optics (Mirrors O6) |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY OCTOBER 8 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 9 |
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10 |
THURSDAY OCTOBER 11 |
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Spectra and Optics projects |
Photoelectric Effect
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Problem Solving |
First Half Lab Photoelectric Effect |
Finish Lab Photoelectric Effect |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/photoeffect.htm and http://www.play-hookey.com/optics/photoelectric_effect.html
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http://www.cobalt.chem.ucalgary.ca/ziegler/ educmat/chm386/rudiment/tourexp/photelec.htm
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| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
Bring to class your written out answers for the following: - Set up of the photoelectric experiment and - The definitions for the following:
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Reading Quiz
PRINT and SUBMIT |
Web
Assign Photoelectric Effect
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submit Spectra Lab along with Photoelectric lab, on MONDAY | |
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | none | none | Photoelectric Effect | Photoelectric Effect | |
| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Photoelectric Effect | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY OCTOBER 1 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 2 |
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3 |
THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 |
FRIDAY OCTOBER 5 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Polarization Quiz Finish wear closed shoes
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Spectra Analysis bring to class the write-up plan describing your Optics Project
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Finish Polarization
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Start and finish | |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | none |
http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/
6.1 Blackbody Radiation 6.2 Spectra of Light Sources 6.3 Spectral Sensitivity of the Eye 6.4 Measuring Illumination |
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| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
Reading Quiz due 9 am |
bring to class Spectra reading quiz form confirmation |
submit Lab on Polarization bring to class the write-up plan describing your Optics Project (title, partner, method, links to the sites you researched) |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class |
Lab O11
Spectra of Gas Discharges wear closed toe shoes |
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print out and tape your Statistics Analysis of the graphs for each gas and laser only one gas graph on a page |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24 |
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 |
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 |
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Holography Viewing Transmission holograms |
Polarization
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Polarization |
Polarization Problem Solving |
Polarization
Quiz postponed |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
9.1 Transmission Holograms 9.2 Reflection Holograms 9.3 Transfer Holograms 9.4 Color Holograms
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http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/ GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/light/u12l1e.html 7.1 Polarization by Selective Absorption Law of Malus Three Polaroid Filters 7.2 Polarization by Reflection 7.3 Polarization by Double Refraction: Birefringence 7.4 Polarization by Scattering
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7.5 Three Dimensional Images 7.6 Wave Plates 7.7 Photo elasticity 7.8 Optical Activity 7.9 Applications of Polarized Light
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| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
Reading Quiz print and submit your form confirmation
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WebAssign
Polarization due by 9:30 am |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class |
Polarization wear closed shoes
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | WebAssign Polarization due by 9:30 am |
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| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17 |
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 |
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 |
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20 |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
WebAssign
Posted Diffraction Grating |
Lab continued |
Lab Holography introduction Recording a hologram
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Holography Reflection Holograms |
Holography visit Steven Nutz in the Research Lab |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | read lab handout |
http://www.fou.uib.no/fd/1996/h/404001/kap02.htm
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| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
submit the red dot lab notebook with conclusions for the
Interference lab and
Strand of Hair Lab Activity |
Diffraction Grating |
RQ Holography read, study, fill in, print and submit before class |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | bring the 2nd lab notebook | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10 |
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 |
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 |
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13 |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Diffraction and Interference see below wear shoes! |
Diffraction and Interference Lab see Mo wear shoes!
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Finish Lab Problem solving |
What's the thickness of your own hair strand? | Diffraction and Interference |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | revisit the Friday recommended site | start studying the handout located in the bin outside of my office | handout | none | none |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) | Reading
Quiz
Diffraction & Interference due by 8 am |
WebAssign
Diffraction & Interference due by 10 pm |
Quiz on Diffraction and Interference | ||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Diff & Int |
Activity | |||
| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | WebAssign Diffraction & Interference due by 10 pm |
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| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3 |
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 |
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5 |
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6 |
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Light Matter Interactions
Posted always save your form confirmation page!!! |
Finish Laser Lab |
Reading Quiz posted Interference and Diffraction |
Interference and Diffraction bring to class and have ready the 2nd lab notebook (table of contents, numbered pages...) |
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| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
sites recommended on the reading quiz! |
sites recommended
on the reading quiz! |
R&C 5 (1-2-3-4-5-6-7- 8- 9-10)Hewitt 31 (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) |
http://www.pschweigerphysics.com/light.html | |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
Reading Quiz
Light Matter Interactions due |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class |
lab! wear shoes |
Laser lab Due | lab! wear shoes |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY AUGUST 27 |
TUESDAY AUGUST 28 |
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29 |
THURSDAY AUGUST 30 |
FRIDAY AUGUST 31 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Light - Matter Interactions bring your two composition lab notebooks (graph paper!!!) to class; see bookstore |
Fates of Light | Semiconductors, (Photo) Diode and (Photo) Transistor, Solar Cell |
101 ways to use lasers filters, photodetectors |
please bring your laptops to class |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/lasers/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/optmod/qualig.html#c2 |
Rossing & Chiaverina 6 (7) |
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/diode.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~jcgl/Scots_Guide/info/comp/passive/diode/pn_junc/pn_junc.htm
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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/optelcon.html#c1, http://home.howstuffworks.com/smoke1.htm | |
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
see WebAssign
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RQ_Lasers posted |
Reading Quiz Lasers due posted |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Handout | Jello Activity | Jello Activity |
101 ways to use lasers activity |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | Electromagnetic Spectrum | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
| MONDAY AUGUST 20 |
TUESDAY AUGUST 21 |
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 |
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 |
FRIDAY AUGUST 24 |
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Class
Show & Tell: Special things to do or bring! Look here for assignments due during class! |
Introduction Course Policies What is Light?Fates of Light
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Light Sources | Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Light Models Light Duality |
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| Reading: Always complete reading before class! |
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l2a.html http://science.jrank.org/pages/3545/Incandescent-Light.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_7/2.html |
Hewitt
27 (1-2-3-4-5-6 Rossing 2 (1-2-7-8-9-10)
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see Thursday reading! | ||
| Homework: (by 8:00 am or with 5 minutes before your class starts) |
By the end of class today (on Wednesday) please submit your observation/explanation chart, in a typed format. Feel free to bring your laptop to class. |
submit Chart | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Activity Let the Light Shine! |
Activity Let the Light Shine! continues |
Activity: Dispersion |
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| Web assign: Look here for any possible Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |