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October Assignments--IB Physics 2
2016-17 School Year


Monday, Oct. 3
Notes/discussion:  Resonance and forced vibrations
​video demonstrations of examples

Tuesday, Oct. 4
Demos:  tuning fork resonance, Chinese water fountain bowl
video:  Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
​work-time on WebAssign--due Friday

Note: Resonance and Forced Vibrations  (pdf)  (ppt)

Wednesday,
Oct. 5


​Finish up discussion of Resonance and Q factor
pre-lab for mechanical waves
Please use this powerpoint:  Pre-Lab Interactive Notes.  Complete the pre-assessment, warm-ups and definition notes as directed in this ppt. by tomorrow's class.

Thursday, Oct. 6

Lab:  intro to mechanical waves
Observations made in your warm-up Journal.


Friday, Oct. 7
Finish lab
Demo/discussion post-lab observations

Monday, Oct. 10
Columbus Day--No School for Students

Tuesday, Oct. 11
Review for quiz
​Work on Quiz 1 point re-capture
Please complete the WebAssign Post-lab for the Slinky lab no later than next Monday morning.

Wednesday
Oct. 12
Quiz 2:  SHM energy, damping, and resonance

Thursday, Oct. 13
Notes/Discussion:  types and characteristics of mechanical waves; wave speed

Friday, Oct. 14
Demo: reflection of 1-d wave at a boundary
mini-lab: Reflection (2-d)--observations and data in note packet.

HW:  post-lab from Slinky lab, on WA, due by Monday

Monday, Oct. 17
Notes/discussion: reflection and standing wave formation
​(4th period needs to collect data for the reflection mini-lab)

Tuesday, Oct. 18
Lab: speed of sound using resonance tubes
Graph and analysis due Monday, Oct. 24

notes: standing waves and harmonics on strings and in closed-end pipes

Wednesday, Oct. 19
no class:  PSAT testing date  (only 1st period meets post-test)

Thursday, Oct. 20
notes/discussion:  open and closed pipe resonance; practice problems

Notes: Standing waves and resonance  (ppt)  (pdf)
HW:  lab analysis (and graph) due Monday
HW:  WA Sound resonance and doppler effect--due Monday

​Heads' up:  quiz on Monday over sound!

Friday, Oct. 21
Notes and Demos:  doppler effect

Practice problems:  sound resonance and doppler effect

Monday, Oct. 24
Quiz:  Standing waves; sound resonance, Doppler Effect

HW:  Read about EM waves (pages _______); conceptual Information may/will appear on mid-term next week.

Tuesday, Oct. 25
Poster:  Electromagnetic Spectrum--complete as a class



Wednesday, Oct. 26
final day to finish class research poster

Thursday, Oct. 27
study hall (Ms. Fowler out sick)

Friday, Oct. 28

​Mini-lab:  Determination of the Index of Refraction of Glass
​Graph and analysis due Wednesday


Monday, Oct. 31
Happy Halloween!!
​notes/discussion/demo:  Snell's Law, total internal reflection, and dispersion
​Introduction of the IA timeline and requirements

HW:​  WA Refraction and Dispersion--due Friday, Nov. 4

Upcoming:  mid-term (mult. choice) on Thursday
upcoming:  comprehensive vocabulary quiz on Friday
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