Monday, November 2

• Mirror and Lens lab due
• Intro. to interference
• Demo: Two speakers with 6000 Hz tone set 2 m apart; move head side to side

Tuesday, November 3

• Interference formula derivation

Wednesday, November 4

• P. 813, 1-6 due

Thursday, November 5

• P. 813, 7-12
• Go over yesterday's problems

Friday, November 6

• Reflection at low and high index of refraction surfaces
• Show reflection and interference demos on DVD 9
• Intro. to surface interference and thin film interference - Keynote

Monday, November 9

• More Keynote slides on interference by reflection

Tuesday, November 10 (elim 2010-11)

• More Keynote slides on interference by reflection

Wednesday, November 11

• Diagrams and formulas for thin film and intererface interference

Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13 – No school – Parent/Teacher Conference Days

Monday, November 16

• P. 814, 14 to 19 due
• Single slit diffraction
• Demonstrate single slit with laser - vary width of slit
• Example problems to solve for slit width and

Tuesday, November 17

• P. 814, 20 to 25 due
• go over yesterday's problems

Wednesday, November 18

• Go over Tuesday's problems

Thursday, November 19

• P. 815, 29 to 34 due
• Go over problems

Friday, November 20

• Diffraction gratings
  • Demonstrate diffraction grating glasses (used them earlier in the year)
  • show formula
  • prisms vs. diffraction gratings
  • steering beams on CDs and DVDs
  • Reflection gratings (CDs)

Monday, November 23

• IMOD displays (Qualcomm device article from Popular Science)
• Polarization
• Malus' Law
• 3rd polarizer problem
• Intro. to Polarization lab

Tuesday, November 24

• P. 815, 35–39, 46 due
• Hand in homework
• Polarization and reflection
• Effect of polarizers with photography and sunglasses

Wednesday, November 25

• More on Polarization lab
• Polarization and reflection
• Polarization by scattering
• Optical activity - acrylic demo
• LCDs

Thurday, November 26 Through Monday, November 30 – No school – Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, December 1

• More polarization examples

Wednesday, December 2

• P. 815, 45, 47–50 due
• Go over problems

Thursday, December 3 – Mr. Flint out today due to illness

• Work on review

Friday, December 4

• Chapter 24 Review Due

Monday, December 7

• Chapter 24 Test
• *Read Steven Hawking's Universe chapters 3 & 4