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Day 1:

  • Day 1 – Pinhole Camera
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 1 – Light
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 2:

  • Review – Lesson 1 – Light
  • Day 1 – Pinhole Camera
  • HW
    • Watch – Lesson 2 – Lasers, Absorption, and Transmission
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 3:

  • Review – Lesson 2 – Lasers, Absorption, and Transmission
  • Laser demonstration reiterate ideas about lasers from PP compared with light from a ray box
    • Use a flashlight to show light rays in all directions (1/4πd2) and Laser
  • Laser Maze
    • I create small groups and give each group a laser and a mirror for each member. I then place a target on the wall and instruct them to manually hold the mirrors so that the laser beam reflects off each one and hits the target on the wall.
  • Day 2 – Pinhole Camera
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 3 – The Production of Light
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 4:

  • Lab Station Activity – Light Optics and the Production of Light
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 4 – Ray Diagrams, Reflection and Plane Mirrors
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 5:

  • Day 3 – Pinhole Camera
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Day 6:

  • Day 4 – Pinhole Camera (½ day)
    • Last Day – Everything needs to be done by today

Day 7:

  • Quiz Lesson 1-5 – 2 DAYS
  • HW:
    • Complete your pinhole camera project – due next day
      • Upload your video and a picture of your answers to the Day 3 questions to the submission box
    • Watch – Lesson 5 – Reflection in Curved Mirrors
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 8:

  • Quiz Lesson 1-5 NEXT DAY
  • Review Pinhole Camera videos
  • Review – Lesson 5 – Reflection in Curved Mirrors
  • Concave Mirror Demonstration
    • I usually just get some concave mirrors and show the students firsthand the images they produce. This would also be a good time for a lab if you have one available.
  • HW:
    • Mirrors Ray Diagram Practice – Walkthrough video included

Day 9:

  • Quiz Lesson 1-5
  • Curved Mirrors Practice Problems
  • HW: 
    • Watch – Lesson 6 – Refraction – Part 1
    • Watch – Lesson 6 – Refraction – Part 2
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 10:

  • Review – Lesson 6 – Refraction
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 7 – Snell’s Law
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 11:

  • Review – Lesson 7 – Snell’s Law
  • Snell’s Law Worksheet
  • HW:
    • Snell’s Law Worksheet

Day 12:

  • Snell’s Law Lab
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 8 – Lenses and Focal Point
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 13:

  • Review – Lesson 8 – Lenses and Focal Point
  • Student Activity – Lenses

1)     Draw rays for both lenses

2)     Find focal point

3)     Measure focal length

4)     Repeat with converging lens at a different distance from ray box

  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 9 – Lenses – Ray Diagrams
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 14:

  • Review – Lesson 9 – Lenses – Ray Diagrams
  • Ray Diagram Lenses Worksheet
  • HW:
    • Any unfinished work from today
    • Watch – Lesson 10 – Thin Lens Equation and Magnification
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 15:

  • Review – Lesson 10 – Thin Lens Equation and Magnification
  • Thin Lens and Magnification Worksheet
  • HW:
    • Thin Lens and Magnification Worksheet

Day 16:

  • Optics Unit Review
    • This would be a good place to assign textbook questions or other review sheets.
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 11 – The Eye
    • Complete Student Notes
      • The Blindspot Activity is in this folder too. For the activity, it’s important to follow the instructions exactly for it to work.

Day 17:

  • Review – Lesson 11 – The Eye
  • Review Day
    • Optics – Behaviour of Light Review

Day 18: 

  • Optics Test

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