Liberty Science Center 11th
Grade:
All
About Light
Grade Levels:
11th grade physics
Learning Standard:
Standard 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7.
Time Requirements:
1 full day at The Liberty Science Center.
Topics Covered
by This Lesson: Light, Diffraction, Lenses, Lasers, Bridges, and Buildings.
Pre-Visit:
These topics could have already been covered or this could serve as a good
introduction to these topics.
Visit:
Teams of three
students should build using both the smaller and larger earthquake simulators
a bridge.
Each team will
compete to build the tallest bridge that can withstand the earthquake.
Each team will
also be required to finish diagrams of both light in convex and concave lenses.
Teams will also
use a combination of Lucite blocks to demonstrate the diffraction of light.
Using the photoelectric
plate, students will describe using a (qualitative) graph to describe the
energy given off by a light.
Post Visit:
None.
Possible questions
that may be brought up: Questions may be used to introduce a topic or questions
may be more in depth if the topics have already been covered.
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