Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Classwork 1/18-1/19 & 1/20-1/23

1.  Doppler Effect Writing Prompt
    -Read pages 46-47
    -Create a pages document for today (subject heading as the date)
    -You hear the faint sound of a helicopter in the distance.  Describe what is happening as the sound approaches.
    -Would you hear a change in pitch if you are on a moving train and the train's whistle blows?  Explain.

2.  EMS movie
    -create a diagram of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
    -label each type of wave
    -include some type of picture/example of that electromagnetic energy
    -come up with an original mnemonic device to remember the order of the waves.

3.  Prisms and Spectroscopes
    -Experiment with the prisms and spectroscopes
    -Describe how this works and what you are seeing on today's Pages document

4.  Explain the following on your Pages document in AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES
    -Why/how do we see colors?
   -What if our eyes could see the entire electromagnetic spectrum?
    -Which type of wave is most important to you and why?

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