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Light Basics and Geometrical Optics
 

 
This text is meant to accompany class discussions. It is not everything there is to know about uniform circular motion. It is meant as a  prep for class. More detailed notes and examples are given in the class notes, presentations, and demonstrations. See the links below.

Table of Contents
   
   
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Objectives
Students will be able to:

Page Description
  Light as a wave or particle
1 The duality of light
1 Lite Light Facts
2 Light Behaviors
2 Law of Reflection
2 Waves
2 Light Spectrum
3 Index of Refraction
3 Refraction
3 Critical Angle
4 Ray Tracing Vocabulary
4 Ray Tracing: Concave Mirrors
4 Ray Tracing:Convex Mirrors
5 Curved Mirror Math with Examples
6 Thin Lens Ray Tracing for Converging Lenses
7 Thin Lens Calculations
8 Waves - Review
9 Superposition
9 Wave Sources
9 Double Slit Experiment
10 Single Slit Diffraction Experiment
Some workbook solutions
For Mirrors
For Lenses
Class presentaiton on Ray tracing and Mirror Math
Notes showing ray tracing for mirrors and mirror math.
Mastery Assignment
Mastery Assignment
   

by Tony Wayne ...(If you are a teacher, please feel free to use these resources in your teaching.)

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