Laura

Shannon, Paige & Blake Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Monday, December 19, 2011
 * we finished the note on locating images in plane mirrors that we started on Friday. I've included a pdf of the completed note here - [[file:Locating Images in Plane Mirrors - Note.pdf]]. We did not do the note in the order that it is in the pdf. We finished the section on 'determining the location of an object in a plane mirror using a ray diagram', then we did the 'shortcut method' and then went back to 'how would we see an image (from our eye)' --- just keep this in mind when reading through this
 * I then gave out a worksheet to complete based on the note, it is linked below, it is to be done for Wednesday's class --- when you download this sheet, there will be no 'hatch' marks that indicate the back of the mirror, you will need to draw these in yourself
 * on Wednesday, we are also finishing the movie "Medicine Man"
 * we watched the first part of the movie "Medicine Man" and made notes as we watched on carbon sinks and the impact to greenhouse gases
 * no official homework

Laura & Josh

Friday, December 16, 2011 Thursday, December 15, 2011 Wednesday, December 14, 2011
 * we did a note on why we see reflections - it is linked below
 * we did a short investigation with the three types of mirrors - plane, concave and convex. In groups they set a small object in front of each of the three mirrors at intervals of 5cm, 10cm and 20cm, and they recorded observations on what the images looked like (for example - was the image the same size, was it distorted, was it upside down, did it appear closer or father away in the mirror), we then summarized our findings on the chart (linked below - called Image Characteristics --- pay attention to the definitions of size, attitutde, location and type at the top of the chart), we left quite a few blanks that we will fill in later when we deal with more depth on concave and convex mirrors
 * We then started another note on locating images in plane mirrors using ray diagrams (the part of the note we got done I linked below)
 * If you have read the pages from the textbook reading on Thursday, you will have a pretty good grasp of what we have done so far
 * we finished the lab from yesterday and then watched a Bill Nye video on Optics - acted as an introduction for what we are going to be doing over the next 2 or 3 days
 * please read the following pages in your textbook to prepare you for this... pages 404, 406, 416 - 422, 426 - 429
 * if you have been unable to get the note from Shannin, I've scanned the part you are missing and have linked it below, download that, then you can do the worksheet as well (you can download this as well - Properties of Light Worksheet)
 * we finished the lab on the Law of Reflection
 * we did a second lab whose purpose was to see if the Law of Reflection applied to curved mirrors (concave and convex). Everyone followed the same procedure as yesterday. Because you aren't here, you will need to read pages 420 - 427. Make sure you know if the Law of Reflection applies to curved mirrors!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
 * this (properties of light worksheet) is the wrong document - I'll give you the correct copy on Monday
 * we talked about the activity done at the end of the class on Monday and looked at what angles were the same or similar
 * we defined/explained/showed how to draw the following terms: mirror, **incidence ray, reflected ray, normal, angle of incidence, angle of reflection**- copy diagram 11.4 from page 418 into your notes and look at the diagram on page 428 to show how theys ymbolize a mirror, define all the bolded terms above
 * we did a lab on the Law of Reflection --- very different than anything we have done before, I told everyone what the purpose of the lab was --- to determine the Law of Reflection. I had everyone get into groups with a white board and write down their procedure and materials. I then approved it and they performed the experiment. For their conclusion, they had to state what the Law of Reflection was. You will need to read pages 418 - 419, up until the section "Image Orientation in a Plane Mirror". Make sure you know what the Law of Reflection is!

Monday, December 12, 2011
 * title pages were due - hardly anybody handed them in so I told people I would be handing them back tomorrow, make sure you have yours down for the first day you are back
 * we finished the note on Properties of Light - see Shannin to get the rest of it, there wasn't much left
 * they worked on a chart describing each part of the electromagnetic spectrum and the use for each part - see the description under today's homework in the optics unit section
 * we started an activity with beams of light, hoping to explore the law of reflection