SC15.PHYS.10
Plan and carry out investigations that evaluate the mathematical explanations of light as related to optical systems (e.g., reflection, refraction, diffraction, intensity, polarization, Snell’s law, the inverse square law).
Plan and carry out investigations that evaluate the mathematical explanations of light as related to optical systems (e.g., reflection, refraction, diffraction, intensity, polarization, Snell’s law, the inverse square law).
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Vocabulary
- medium
- model
- graph
- image distance
- object distance
- focal point
- magnification
- critical angle
- refraction
- reflection
- diffraction
- interference
- constructive interference
- destructive interference
- principal axis
- center of curvature
- intensity
- inverse
- angle of incidence
- angle of reflection
- angle of refraction
- index of refraction
- speed of light
- system
- velocity
- polarization
- minima
- maxima
- order
- slit width
- slit separation
- object
- image
- real
- virtual
- inverted
- erect
- spherical aberration
- chromatic aberration
- total internal reflection
- law of reflection
- Snell's lLaw
- prism
- ray
- concave
- convex
- plane
- divergent
- convergent
- ray diagrams
Knowledge
Students know:
- How light interacts at boundaries of different media.
- The wave properties of light.
- Basic trigonometric equations.
- How to do graphical analysis.
- Inverse and inverse square relationships.
- Types of images and how images are formed.
- Appropriate units of measure.
- How to identify a system.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Develop an appropriate experimental procedure.
- Create a data sheet.
- Collect and organize experimental data.
- Follow written and verbal instructions.
- Make measurements using standard units.
- Effectively manipulate laboratory equipment.
- Work safely in collaborative lab groups.
- Manipulate equations.
- Interpret graphical data.
- Solve mathematical equations.
- Draw a light ray diagram and identify the location of an image.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- The behavior of light is predictable mathematically allowing the development of optical devices to improve vision macroscopically and microscopically.
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Planning and Carrying out Investigations
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
