This educational transfer plan is a high school physics laboratory suitable for students with knowledge of right angle trigonometry.
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This engineering design challenge will allow students to build their own structurally stable pocket microscope using basic materials that include glass beads, plastic straws, index cards, tape, binder clips, paper clips, and a light source (eventually integrate their cell phone cameras in a new c
In this lesson students will apply knowledge of wave interference, light, refraction, reflection, transmission and conservation of energy in order to understand principles of thin film interference as they are applied in the development of anti-reflective coating for optical devices.
In this lesson students will apply knowledge of reflection, Snell’s law, transmission, and Brewster’s angle to create a “Getting Started” guide for optics equipment operation in pursuit to verify the index of refraction of a sample.
Following an introductory lesson on constructive and destructive interference and Young’s double slit experiment, students will be introduced to the history, design, and function of a Michelson interferometer.
The objective of this lesson is for the students to utilize content they have learned in my physics class to complete an engineering challenge. Students must angle mirrors appropriately in order to direct a laser beam onto a target.
Laser Maze is an activity that will engage students in learning and utilizing the properties of light waves, such as reflection, transmission, and absorbance, as well as highlighting the importance of these properties in research use by having students create mock ‘pump-probe’ experiments.