Design an experiment to determine the wavelengths of red, blue and green laser beams. Your lab report must include:
1) Step by step procedure describing how to conduct your experiment
2) Diagram of laser beam passing through the diffraction grating. Diagram must include all variables to be measured in the experiment.
3) Data table
4) Calculations involved in determining wavelength for each laser.
5) Percent error calculation
6) Discussion of possible sources of error.
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Midterm Exam Day 2: Free Response only. Topics include all material covered since start of school year. Day 2 is worth 1/2 of total midterm exam score. Midterm exam may not be dropped.
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Midterm Exam Day 1: Multiple Choice only. Topics include all material covered since start of school year. Day 1 is worth 1/2 of total midterm exam score. Midterm exam may not be dropped.
3) Lab: Experimental design lab on mirrors & lenses
Note: Solve all problems using both a ray diagram and the mirror/lens equations. You will need to be able to solve mirror/lens problems using both methods. Both methods should give you the same answer.
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1) Review Quiz # 4 - All topics from Review Quiz # 3 + Electric Potential (Ch 16)
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Mirrors & Lenses Set # 1
1) AP FRQ on parallel rays striking a converging lens (Sample Free-Response Question - Quantitative / Qualitative Translation)
2) Ray Diagram Worksheet\
3) Worksheet 17.2 - Refraction & Lenses
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1) Review Quiz # 3 - All topics from Review Quiz # 2 + Charge, Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields (Ch 16)
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1) Quiz - Reflection / Refraction / Total Internal Reflection / Thin Film Interference
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1) Lab: Experimental Design - Determining Index of Refraction using graphical method
2) Lab Due - Determining vacuum permeability constant
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1. AP Supplemental Problem Set on Magnetic Fields
2. AP FRQ (passed out on Wednesday 1/24)
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1. Magnetic Fields Worksheet Due
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1. The 3 AP FRQs on circuits due. These should be done before the quiz on Thursday but I will check them on Friday.
2. Circuit Lab Due
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1) Quiz - DC & RC Circuits
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1) RC Circuits Worksheet
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1) DC Circuits Worksheet # 1 and DC Circuits Worksheet # 2
2) Worksheet: "Explaining Bulb Brightness and Changes in Brightness"
3) Worksheet: "Resistive Circuit Concepts Diagnostic Test" (note: give a brief explanation of your ranking for each situation)
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Cumulative Exam (aka Midterm Exam)
This exam will cover all topics from the start of the year and will be both MC and FRQ. It is 20% of final grade.
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1) Midterm Review problem set due - look up answers online by doing search for the year of the test. All problems in the packet are from AP Physics B exams.
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1) Quiz - Chapter 16 Electrical Energy & Capacitance
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1) Parallel Plates / Electric Potential Worksheet Due (McGehee)