MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS District Pacing Guide PHYSICS I HONORS Course Code: 200339001 TOPIC XIV: Light ESSENTIAL CONTENT OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS A. Describe the Dual Nature of Light  Recognize that nothing travels faster than the speed of Core Text Book: Ch. 27 and Ch. 28 1.Light as an EM wave light in vacuum 2.Measuring the speed of light  Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing Vocabulary: Photon, light-year, EM wave, EM spectrum, IR, UV, 3.Energy in EM waves and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy scattering, line spectrum, spectroscope transparent, 4.Light as Wave vs. particle opaque, ray, umbra, polarization, pigment, primary colors .  Identify the components of the EM-Spectrum 5.Transparent/Opaque materials  Describe the measurable properties of waves and how these properties change B. Analyze Electromagnetic Waves Technology: when the wave moves from one medium 1.The Visible Spectrum 1. Lectures online to another. 2.Spectroscopy 2. Khan Academy  Describe what happens when light is passed through a 3.Color 3. prism. Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) 3.a. Reflection/transmission of color a.EM Waves  Describe why certain materials are transparent to light. 3.b. Mixing colors 4. The Physics Source:  Describe opaque materials. http://www.physicssource.org  Explain how shadows form. 5. Teachers Domain:  Describe how the brightness of a light source is affected http://teachersdomain.org by the distance 6. Online Conversion  Describe how reflection of light affects the object’s color. 7. Hyperphysics  Describe what determines whether a material reflects, transmits, or absorbs light of a particular color. 8. Lab Manuals from Pasco:  Explain how atoms emit light. http://www.pasco.com/resources/labdown loads/detail.cfm?manual=1 9. Lab Manuals from Vernier: http://www.vernier.com/cmat/cmatdnld.ht ml

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SC.912.P.10.18 Phase Array Sound Beats and sine waves, longitudinal waves, color absorption

Bending Light SC.912.P.10.18 Color- vision

 Optics  Electroma  Properties of Light & Review gnetic Standard: Video Waves SC.912.N.1.1  Visible Light

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 Light Waves and Electromagnetic Energy  Revealing  Newton and Light the Nature Physics of Light of Light Standard:  Developin Video SC.912.N.1.2 g and Understan ding of Light

Standard: Video  What Is Light?  The  Light & the Spectrum: The SC.912.P.10.18  Human Perception of Light and Color Electroma Basics  Light Energy gnetic  Planck's Law  Electromagnetism and Light Spectrum:  Wien's Law  The Components of Light Ultraviolet  Stefan's Law  The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared  The  Kirchhoff's Laws Electroma gnetic Spectrum : Visible Light, How is it Produced ?  Somewhe re over the Rainbow

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 wave  Electroma gnetic Image radiation wavelengt hs; visible

 Refracted Light  Refracted  Refracted Light: Prisms  Refracted Light: Index of Refraction Light: The  How Telescopes Work  Refracted Light: Mirages Normal, Angle of Standard: Incidence, Video SC.912.P.10.20 Angle of Refraction , and Critical Angle

 The Finite Speed of Light  Faster  The Universal Speed Limit  The Speed of Light Than the  Albert Michelson  Time Travel with the Speed of Light Speed of Standard: Light Video SC.912.P.12.7  Calculatin g the Speed of Light

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 Science Behind the News: Extrasolar Planets  Is Future of Thomas Edison's Incandescent Light Bulb Dim?  Beam Me...Down: Mir Tries to Direct Light Beam to Earth's Dark Corners  Changing Light Bulbs in Las Vegas: Neon, Fluorescents, Incandescents Video  Maryland Inventor Gordon Gould Awarded Patent on Laser  Gamma Ray Observatory Poised for Release Into Space from Shuttle  Science Behind the News: Quantum Computing  The Chemistry of Green: Chlorophyll  Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons Could Destroy Electronics, Cut Power, Communications

 The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Diagram Image  A New Form of Chlorophyll?  Newly-Discovered Chlorophyll Scavenger Could Lead to Cheaper Biofuels

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