Saturday, June 11, 2011

Corpuscular Theory, Wave Theory & Determining the Speed of Light

Today we started off the class by correcting the problems in 'The Nature of Light: Part 2 The Wave and Particle Models of Light' booklet that we were assigned the day before. You can find the answers directly from the salmon book from pages 3 through 18, or ask a friend!

Next, we were given two worksheets "Appendix 2.4: Chart for Evaluating the Models of Light" one of which was yellow and the other pink. The yellow sheet should have the model as "Corpuscular Theory" or "Particle Theory" if you do not like using the word corpuscular and the pink sheet should have the model as "Wave Theory." We went through the supporting arguments and counter-arguments for each phenomena for the Corpuscular Theory, which you can also find the answers within the salmon book. We were then given 15 minutes to finish the pink sheet and find the supporting arguments and counter-arguments for each phenomena in the Wave Theory. We also corrected this. (All answers are found in the book if you read pages 3-18 the previous day!)

The next worksheet handed out was "BLM 2.10: Contributions to the Determination of the Speed of Light" which should be handed in on Tuesday, the latest. The worksheet is straight forward and you can find the answers to the boxes on pages 9 and 10.

That was all for today. Have a great weekend everyone! Don't forget to get started on your exam review..the exam is in SIX days!! Friday, June 17th 2011 at 9AM sharp!

The next scribe will be Jaksen

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