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Henderson's Physics 163 Chapter 18 Lesson Plan Schedule This page last modified on 5/6/08.   Thursday, May 8 Lesson Plan: Lab: The News About Refraction Quiz on Curved Mirrors Hand in Chapter 17 Lab Notebook Homework: Read Chapter 18, Section 1 (to p. 489) Suggestions: Use your textbook: open it, read it, study it. "Those who can read, should read" Announcements/Important Info: A new chapter means a new start. If chapter 17 was a bad chapter, a change of heart now can more than compensate for it.   Friday, May 9 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Synonym for refraction; cause; exception to refraction; FST and SFA of refraction (ray diagramming) The Fastest Path Lab Discuss the index of refraction (p. 486), light speed and optical density Demos: A & W Root Beer and Spear the fish Homework: WebAssign: continue Chapter 18, Section 1A Homework Suggestions: Get started on your WebAssign; use the textbook readings as a guide in the completion of the assignment. Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.1A Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/14.   Monday, May 12 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Review FST and SFA by ranking the materials Refraction Action Lab Discuss Snell's Law (p. 486); do p. 487, #1 - #5 (selected problems) Homework: WebAssign: continue Chapter 18, Section 1A Homework Suggestions: Get started on your WebAssign; use the textbook readings as a guide in the completion of the assignment. Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.1A Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/14. There will be a pop quiz on Thursday of this week.   Tuesday, May 13 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: p. 492, #11 Snell's Law and ray-tracing Index of Refraction Lab Homework: Read the remainder of Chapter 18:1 WebAssign: finish Chapter 18, Section 1A Homework Suggestions: Use your textbook: open it, read it, study it. "Those who can read, should read" Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.1A Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/14. There will be a pop quiz on Thursday of this week.   Wednesday, May 14 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Determine the n value of an unknown R and R Lab Discuss reflection and refraction; intro to total internal reflection (TIR); two requirements of TIR; discuss critical angle and derive the equation; demos Homework: WebAssign: start Chapter 18, Section 1B Homework Suggestions: Get started on your WebAssign; use the textbook readings as a guide in the completion of the assignment. Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.1B Homework is due on Friday, 5/16. There will be a pop quiz on Thursday of this week.   Thursday, May 15 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Review total internal reflection and critical angle; the sparkle of diamonds; calculations of critical angle Discuss mirages, dispersion, rainbows Start a discussion of lenses; do Lens Exploratory Lab Pop Quiz on refraction and TIR Homework: WebAssign: finish Chapter 18, Section 1B Homework Read Chapter 18.2 Suggestions: Use your textbook: open it, read it, study it. "Those who can read, should read" Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.1B Homework is due on Friday, 5/16.   Friday, May 16 Lesson Plan: Finding Smiley - The Sequel Lab Rules of refraction for lenses (demo); ray diagrams for converging lenses (handout) Intro to lens equation and the magnification equation Homework: Read/study Chapter 18.2 WebAssign: start Chapter 18, Section 2 Homework Suggestions: Get started on your WebAssign; use the textbook readings as a guide in the completion of the assignment. Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.2 Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/21.   Monday, May 19 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Object-image relationships for converging lenses Mathematics of lenses; p. 496, #15, 16 and #17 Magnification Ratio - The Sequel Lab Homework: WebAssign: continue Chapter 18, Section 2 Homework Suggestions: Do not procrastinate on your WebAssign assignments; "learn as we go through it; not after we go past it". Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.2 Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/21. Lab notebooks will be collected this Friday. There is a Chapters 17 and 18 Test on Friday.   Tuesday, May 20 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Ray Diagram for M = -2.0 and M = -0.5 More mathematics of lenses: p. 497, #20-#24 (selected problems) Diverging Lens Ray Diagrams (Handout) Homework: WebAssign: finish Chapter 18, Section 2 Homework Suggestions: Do not procrastinate on your WebAssign assignments; "learn as we go through it; not after we go past it". Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.2 Homework is due on Wednesday, 5/21. Lab notebooks will be collected this Friday. There is a Chapters 17 and 18 Test on Friday.    Wednesday, May 21 Lesson Plan: Lens aberrations; demos Discuss the eye, eye problems, corrective devices Discuss cameras, telescopes, binoculars and microscopes Homework: WebAssign: start Chapter 18, Section 3 Homework Read Chapter 18.3 Suggestions: Use your textbook: open it, read it, study it. "Those who can read, should read" Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.3 Homework is due on Friday. Lab notebooks will be collected this Friday. There is a Chapters 17 and 18 Test on Friday.    Thurday, May 22 Lesson Plan: Opening Question: Eye problems and their corrections Computer lab - review/practice Homework: WebAssign: finish Chapter 18, Section 2 Homework Suggestions: Do not procrastinate on your WebAssign assignments; "learn as we go through it; not after we go past it". Announcements/Important Info: WebAssign: Chapter 18.3 Homework is due on Friday. Lab notebooks will be collected this Friday. There is a Chapters 17 and 18 Test tomorrow; use the WebAssign review to assist in your preparations.    Friday, May 23 Lesson Plan: Hand in lab notebook (Chapter 18 to be graded) Chapters 17 and 18 Test Homework: None Suggestions: Have a great weekend. Enjoy the weather. Announcements/Important Info: Next week will be spent on a brief study of Chapter 19 and preparations for a final exam.     Visit: Henderson's Physics 163 Home Page || Physics Home Page Schedules Page || Opening Questions || Makeup Work || WebAssign