AP Physics
Chapter 23 Serway/Faughn
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Updated 10.28.2009
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Friday, October 2
- Plane mirrors
- How far do you have to stand from a 30. m tall tree to view it in a 0.30 m tall mirror?
Monday, October 3
- DVD Demos from Discs 21 and 22
- Specular and diffuse reflection
- Plane mirror tricks
- Curved mirrors
Tuesday, October 4
- Rear view mirrors in cars: discussion of front and rear surface mirrors
- Spherical mirrors
- Divergent/convergent
- Concave/convex
- O, I, q, p, h, h', C, R, primary axis on ray diagrams
- M=h/h'=q/p and meaning of +/ or M<1, M>1
- derive mirror equation
- object at infinity and f and
Wednesday, October 5
- Example problems: Spherical mirrors (concave and convex)
Thursday, October 6
- P. 781, 4-9 due
- Go over problems
Friday, October 9 and Monday, October 12 - No school - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday, October 13
- Nobel prize info.
- More examples
Wednesday, October 14
- P. 781, 10-14 due
- Collect problems
- Refraction at surfaces
Thursday, October 15
- Intro to mirror & lens lab
- More refraction at surfaces examples
Friday, October 16
- P. 781; 21-24, 26 due
- Collect problems
- Go over problems from Wednesday
Monday, October 19
- Types of lenses
- Thin lens approximations
- Thin lens equation
- Lens maker's equation
- Intro. to Mirror and Lens Lab
Tuesday, October 20
- Concave and convex lens examples
- Examples of thin lens and lens maker's problems
- Featherweight lens example
Wednesday,October 21
- P. 782, 27-31 due
- Go over problems
Thursday, October 22
Friday, October 23
- More complex lens systems
Monday, October 26
- P. 782; 34-37, 39-40 due
- Go over problems
- Work on lab
Tuesday, October 27
Wednesday, October 28
- P. 783; 44-45, 50-51 due
- Go over problems
Thursday, October 29
- Continue working on Mirror and Lens Lab
- Review for test
Friday, October 30w
Monday, November 1
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