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November Assignments--IB Physics 2
​2017-18 School Year


Wednesday
Nov. 1
Introduction to the IA--yay!!
​Visit the Internal Assessment page for more details

Thursday, Nov. 2
Lab: intro to mechanical waves--Slinky wave behavior

Friday, Nov. 3
Quiz: SHM

Monday, Nov. 6
IA questions due--hand in legible list in class

Notes/post-lab: Wave Behavior with the Slinky
Please turn in Slinky lab as you leave today

Tuesday, Nov. 7
G4 Symposium tonight!! :)

​In-class:
​ study hall (Ms. Fowler out in the morning and forgot to post the Waves notes guide as intended)

Wednesday,
Nov. 8


Mid-term, pt. 1:  Multiple Choice

Thursday, Nov. 9

Veteran's Day assembly schedule

​​​Mid-term, pt. 2: Written Response

Friday, Nov. 10
Veteran's Day (observed)--No School

Monday, Nov. 13
​​Work day on planning/research for IA --potentially will be changed/modified to a different day...

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Mechanical Wave behavior:  reflection
Discussion and demos (and notes) related to reflection of waves in strings and in 2-d; superposition of waves and development of standing waves

Wednesday
Nov. 15
Interactive notes on Standing waves

Thursday, Nov. 16
More on standing waves
pre-lab for Standing Sound Waves and determining the speed of sound​

Friday, Nov. 17
Lab:  Determination of the Speed of Sound using standing sound waves in a closed-end pipe
Data analysis and evaluation is due on Tuesday, November 28

Monday, Nov. 20
Journal check (turn in score sheets)
​Work day on lab from Friday

Tuesday, Nov. 21
Notes and demos (interactive and video): Sound waves; standing waves in closed and open pipes; resonance

Wednesday, Nov. 22
Notes/discussion:  Resonance and examples

HW:  Don't forget you have a lab due on Tuesday!
HW:  Have a great weekend!  

HW:  WA--due Friday
​Quiz next week on Wednesday!

If you choose:
  determine the speed of light in air by using a microwave and marshmallows (or chocolate)
Things to consider:
- there must be no turntable (the dish you're using must be kept in the same spot until you're done)
- line the microwave-safe dish with chocolate chips or marshmallows so that there is minimal air/space between pieces
- only heat everything for 10-15 seconds at a time.  If you miss the hot spots...you have to start over.
- look for the formation of hot spots (there should be multiple that form)
- the distance separating the center of the hot spots is equal to 1/2 wavelength of the microwave
- find the frequency of your microwave
Turn in the following for lab extra credit:
- Data you collected
- photo of your hotspots, with your smiling face visible (so I know you didn't pull a still photo from the internet)
- calcualtions clearly showing how your data shows the speed of light 
- quantitative comparison of your experimental value with the expected speed of light, 3.00 x 10^8 m/s
​Due by the end of next week.

Thursday, Nov. 23
Happy Thanksgiving! No School!

Friday, Nov. 24
No School

Monday, Nov. 27
Notes/discussion/demos:  damping and its effects on resonance

Two WA due Friday--Mechanical waves and wave behavior; Electromagnetic waves 

Tuesday, Nov. 28
Lab due today
​Notes/discussion: Electromagnetic waves
​If time remains, work time on WA

Wednesday
Nov. 29
Quiz:  Waves, wave behavior, and resonance  (covers through Monday (no light other than speed of light using wavespeed equation)


Thursday, Nov. 30
​notes/demo/discussion: wave behavior--refraction and diffraction  (mechanical waves and EM waves)


Friday, Dec. 1
​​Lab:  Snell's Law (refraction of light)
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