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Urbana School District
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11th - Higher Ed
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1 hr 30 mins
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You matter, unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light ... then you energy. Presentation covers the behavior of light as both a wave and a particle, light versus sound, space travel, why objects have colors, depth perception, luminosity, lasers, holograms, and much more. Presentation is the 12th in a 17-part series.

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Concepts

light, light waves, particles, electromagnetic waves, frequency, wavelength, sound, the speed of light, colors, primary colors, secondary colors, pigments, electromagnetic spectrum, parallax, depth, luminosity, polarization, lasers, illumination

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Research Robert Hooke, Christian Huygens, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Albert Michelson, Edward Morely, Albert Einstein, or Max Plank
  • Have students create their own holograms using the diagram on slide 41

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires prior knowledge of sound waves for comparison

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  • Highlights vocabulary throughout
  • Comprehensive presentation requires no outside textbook

Cons

  • There are a few formatting and grammatical errors

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