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Class Notes
Week 1
Harmonic Motion
Week 2
Overtones,
Beats
Diffraction of Sound
Fun Doppler Effect Page and Picture of Plane going Supersonic
Interactive Doppler Demo
Week 3
Week 4 Notes
Lens and Mirror Reference Table
Giancoli's Publisher Interactive Lens Problems.
TRY THESE! Go to Physlets and hit the start buttons. Many other useful questions on this site, including sample MCAT questions.
Lessons on
Curved Mirrors: These were written for advanced high school students in a simple language.
Go through Lessons 3 and 4 here (the sidebar shows several sections in each lesson, they are short and simple),
they illustrate how curved surfaces form images.
Lessons on refraction
Interesting sky effects and formation of rainbows slide show
Interactive demo of raindrop leading to rainbow formation
Week 5 :
Interference and Wavenature of Light Physlets from Giancoli's Publisher
Supplementary
reading material for Feb 5-6:
Doppler shift of light: Part 1
Doppler shift of light: Part 2
Extra material off the internet:
Spectral comparisons of Doppler shifted light
More on Doppler shifts of Light and Spectra
Fun website about Einstein
Week 6
Cameras and f-stops
Galileo's first observations of Jupiter with a "Galilean" Telescope
Some simple explanations of the various types of two component optical instruments:
Clear Description of Galilean Telescopes
Clear Description of Astronomical Telescopes
Clear Description of Mirror or Newtonian Telescopes
Clear Description of Field Glasses
Clear Description of the Compound Microscope
Some fun stuff:
Afterimages and other visual effects like optical illusions
Visual sensitivity and color blindness
After images and blind spot discovery
Week 7 Notes
Clear Description of Galilean Telescopes
Week 8
Blackbody Physlet - Color Temperature
Notes on Quantum Physics
Week 9
Week 10
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