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Unit 3 Calendar - Physics

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Lab (10/31; Due 11/1)

Introduce Plane Mirrors (11/1)
Notes
PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Practice (Solutions) (11/1; Due 11/2 or 3)

More Plane Mirrors (11/2 or 3)
Notes
Next-Time Question 29-1
Next-Time Question 29-4
Next-Time Question 29-3
Option 1 PowerPoint
Option 2 PowerPoint

Plane Mirror Notes (11/2 or 3)

Plane Mirror Goodness (Solutions) (11/2 or 3; Due 11/4)

Where Can You See a Pencil? (Solutions) (11/2 or 3; Due 11/4)

Introduce Diverging Mirrors (11/4)
Notes
PowerPoint

Curved Mirror Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) (11/4 and 11/7)

Diverging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions) (11/4; Due 11/7)

Curved Mirror Handout (11/4 and 11/7)

Introduce Converging Mirrors (11/7)
Notes
PowerPoint

Converging Mirrors Ray Tracing (Solutions) (11/7; Due 11/8)

Discuss Curved Mirror Math / Equations (11/8)

Whiteboard Notes (11/8)

Ray Tracing and Calculation Problems (Solutions) (11/8; Due 11/14; Originally Due 11/9 or 10)

Solve Mirror Problems on Tables (Solutions) (11/9 or 10; Due Same Day)

More Curved Mirror Math (Solutions) (11/9 or 10)

Bending This Way and That Way Lab (11/14; Due 11/6 or 17)
Handout
Link to PhET Simulation

Refraction Practice (11/16; Due 11/18)
Refraction Goodness (Solutions)
Refraction Shapes (Solutions)

Introduce Diverging Lenses (11/18)
PowerPoint

Lens Principal Rays Note Sheet (Filled In Copy) (11/18 and 11/21)

Diverging Lens Practice (Solutions) (11/18; Due 11/21)

Real vs. Virtual Images (11/18 and 11/21)

Ray Diagrams Template (11/18 and 11/21)

Introduce Converging Lenses (11/21)
Notes
PowerPoint

Converging Lens Practice (Solutions) (11/21; Due 11/22)

Be Sure To Lens a Hand Lab (11/22 or 23; Due 11/28)

Lens Practice (Solutions) (11/28; Due 11/29)

Number Crunching (Solutions) (11/28; Due 11/29)

Lens Ray Diagram Practice (Solutions) (11/29; Due 11/30 or 12/1)

Lens Ray Diagrams on Tables (Solutions) (11/30 or 12/1; Due Same Day)

Lens Fun (Solutions) (12/2; Due 12/5)

Sample Lens Problems (Solutions) (12/2; Due 12/5)

Wait, Is This AP Physics? (Solutions) (12/5; Due 12/7 or 12/8)

Review Day 1, Focus on Mirrors and Refraction (Solutions) (12/12)

Review Day 2, Focus on Lenses (Solutions) (12/13)

Test Equation Sheet (12/14 or 15)

 

Textbook Link:

Chapter 29 - Reflection and Refraction

Chapter 30 - Lenses

 

Reading Calendar:

Oct. 31 Sections 29.1 - 29.4
   
Nov. 7 None This Week
   
Nov. 14 Sections 29.6 - 29.9, 29.12
   
Nov. 21 Sections 30.1 - 30.4
   
Nov. 28 Sections 30.5 - 30.7
   
Dec. 5 None This Week
   
Dec. 12 None This Week
   

 

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