IB 4.2 Types of Waves Oct 15 Agenda - Fun with Springs Activity, Transverse and longitudinal mechanical waves

     Fun with Springs Activity

IB 4.2 Intro to Waves Oct 17 Agenda - Frequency, wavelegth, speed, period, amplitude, types of waves, eletromagnetic waves

IB 4.3 Superposition Oct 22 Agenda - phase, wavefronts, rays, superposition 

IB 4.3 Polarity Oct 24 Agenda - Waves and boundaries, Energy, Power, Intensity, Polarity, Malus's Law

IB 4.4 Refraction Oct 25 Agenda - Ray Diagrams, Reflection, Refraction, Snell's law, image formation, Total internal reflection, dispersion, Rainbows, Crystals

IB 4.4 Refraction Lab Oct 29 Agenda - 4.4 Required Lab Practical using Snell's Law to measure index of refraction

IB 4.4 Diffraction and Interference Oct 31 Agenda -  Diffraction, Single slits, path difference, constructive interference, destructive interference, diffraction pattern, minimum condition, Double slits, maximum condition, interference pattern

     Single and Double Slits Worksheet

IB 4.5 Standing Waves Nov 5 Agenda -  Standing wave characteristics, standing waves on strings, in open pipes, in close pipes, in half-open pipes.

IB 4.2 Speed of Sound Lab Nov 7 Agenda - Measuring the speed of sound using boom wackers and phone frequency generators

Future:

Nov 8, 12 Review or Optional Double Slit Lab with Lasers

Nov 14 U10 Test