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Topic 4 – Waves and Simple Harmonic Motion

Block	Class	Due on this class
Apr 10/14	•Intro to Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) •Kinematics of SHM •Dynamics of SHM	Read: 11.1-2
Apr 15/16	•Energy in SHM •Resonance (Intro/Film) •Resonance Demos/Destroying the School	Read: 11.3,5,6 Check #1: Simple Harmonic Motion: 1-3
Apr 17/18	•More Resonance •Anatomy of a wave •PreQuiz 11.1 – Simple Harmonic Motion	Check #2: Simple Harmonic Motion: 4-7
Apr 21/22	•Frequency, wavelength and velocity •Skill Set 11.1	Read: 11.4 Check #3: Simple Harmonic Motion: 8-9
Apr 23/24	•Types of waves •Energy transport •Incidence and reflection	Read:  11.7-9 Check #4: 11:34(2.8 m/s), 35, 36(545 m, 188 m, 3.41m, 2.78 m)
Apr 25/28	•The principle of Superposition •Interference/Two source patterns	Read: 11.11, 23.2^[1]
Apr 29/30	•Standing waves	Read: 24.1-3 Read: 11.12, 12.7
May 1/2	•Standing waves •Waves on a string •Characteristics of sound •Making sound	Read: 11.12, 12.1,5,6 Check #5: 11: 51, 53, 12:48(343 Hz, 1030 Hz, 1715 Hz)
May 5-9	Oaks Park Week	Oaks Park Field Trip Friday May 9th
May 13/12	•PreQuiz 12.1 – Standing Waves •Resonant modes and standing waves •Beat formation •Sound, Standing waves and Music: Beware of the undertone	Read: 12.5,7 Check #6: 11: 41(use 1560 m/s as v), 55, 56(70 Hz)
May 15/14	•Skill Set 12.1 •Diffraction •Bats	Read: 11.13 Check #7: 12: 1, 3, 5(use 2950 m/s for speed of sound in concrete), 27, 28(.66 m), 29, 42(.50 Hz), 44(28.5 kHz), 45, and 11:42(1900 km, cannot be determined)
May 19/16	•Description of Sound lab •The Doppler effect •Shock waves (Qualitative)	Read: 12.8,9 Check #8: 12:30(8.6 mm<L<8.6 m), 31, 33, 35, 36(closed, 88 Hz), 37, 38(open, 4.3 m), 49
May 21/20	•PreQuiz 12.2 – Doppler effect, Interference  •Speed of sound lab or SHM Lab  - An eclectic group project	Read: 11.13, 22.3,5, 24.2,4, 23.4,5 Check #9: 12: 51, 52(43,200 Hz), 53, 54(120 Hz), 55 Check: Your lab plan
May 23/22	•Skill Set 12.2 •Properties of Electromagnetic waves •Refraction in one and two dimensions •Refractive index and wavelength: dispersion	Read: 11.13, 24.2,4,  23.4,5,6 Check #10: 12:57, 60(5.8 m/s), 63
May 28/27	•Solving refraction problems •Total internal reflection and critical angle	Read: 24.3, 10 Check #11: 12:77, 86(55.39 kHz), 23:26(1.97x10^8 m/s, 1.99x10^8 m/s), 27
May 30/29	•Young's double slit experiment •Polarisation •PreQuiz 12.3 – Refraction and interference	Read: 24.5, 8, 10 Check #12: 12: 78(12.3 m/s),  23:32(41^o), 33, 41, 30(36^o), 31, 40(61.7^o, Lucite)  24:2(1.1x10^-6 m), 3, 4(440nm, 6.82x10^14Hz), 5
June 3/2	•Skill Set 12.3 •Thin Film Interference •More Polarisation	Check #13:24: 54(0.058),55,56(61.2^o),59 Turn In: Speed of sound  Lab Turn In: Problem Set T4 (12 stamps worth)
June 5/4	Present Oaks Park Finals to the Class

*Oaks Park Week May 7-11^th – B-days lead after that week.

Four Prequizzes/Skill Sets: 11.1 – Simple Harmonic Motion 12.1 – Standing Waves 12.2 – Doppler and interference 12.3 – Refraction and interference Two Labs: Speed of Sound lab – Your own procedure – done in class.  No handout. Oaks Park – Student presentations of analysis of work done at Oaks Park Homework – 13 day’s worth!

Handouts: This Syllabus Simple Harmonic Motion (worksheet) Oaks Park Permission/Parent Letter Prearrange Oaks Park Lab SHM Lab PreQuiz 11.1 – Simple Harmonic Motion PreQuiz 12.1 – Standing Waves PreQuiz 12.2 – Doppler and interference PreQuiz 12.3 – Refraction and interference

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^[1] Yes – this is not a typo.  Chapter 23 starts on page 683, and 24 on 723.   We jump around a bit in this chapter.