Friday, 22 August 2014
Refraction
Can you help Professor Sangkot? Explain why they might not be catching the fish - hint it's to do with refraction.
KEYWORDS:
Refraction dense incidence ray medium angle
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Keywords - Light and Sound
Light
Luminous - source of light (produces it's own light)
Non-luminous - an object is un-able to produce its own light or just reflect the light.
Sound
frequency - the number of waves (vibrations) in a second
Hertz (Hz) - measurement of frequency
pitch - high or low pitch - what you hear
loudness - volume of sound measured in decibels (dB)
amplitude - the height of the sound wave showing the loudness
Decibel (dB) - unit of loudness
Wavelength - Distance between matching points on the wave (m)
Longitudinal - Vibration at right angle to direction of travel
Transverse - Vibration parallel to direction of travel
Luminous - source of light (produces it's own light)
Non-luminous - an object is un-able to produce its own light or just reflect the light.
Ray- the thinnest possible form of light which we can
still see.
Beam - collection of rays
Incidence ray
Reflected ray
angle of incidence
angle of reflection
Normal line
Medium
refraction
ray of refraction
ray of emergence
angle of refraction
angle of emergence
dense/ density
Incidence ray
Reflected ray
angle of incidence
angle of reflection
Normal line
Medium
refraction
ray of refraction
ray of emergence
angle of refraction
angle of emergence
dense/ density
Sound
frequency - the number of waves (vibrations) in a second
Hertz (Hz) - measurement of frequency
pitch - high or low pitch - what you hear
loudness - volume of sound measured in decibels (dB)
amplitude - the height of the sound wave showing the loudness
Decibel (dB) - unit of loudness
Wavelength - Distance between matching points on the wave (m)
Longitudinal - Vibration at right angle to direction of travel
Transverse - Vibration parallel to direction of travel
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
SMART Goals
:Goal: What do you want to achieve this semester?
Questions
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Responses
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Specific
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· Who? What? When? Where? Why?
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Measurable
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· How many?
· How much?
· How often?
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Achievable
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· Is it achievable by me now?
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Relevant
(and
Realistic)
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· Is it important to what you want to ultimately
achieve?
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Timed
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· By when?
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Potential resources? (Identify
3-5)
How will you
check your progress? (Identify 3-5 measures)
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What actions do I need to schedule in
my diary? (daily, weekly, monthly?)
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Sounds Amazing
This is a great website resource from the University of Salford for sound.
Sounds amazing self study resources
Sounds amazing self study resources
Welcome to grade 7 Science - Unit 1
The Wonders of Light and Sound.
Weekly Planner.
Statement of Inquiry
Enhanced understanding of relationship of the transformation of energy has driven the development of scientific and technical innovation.
Inquiry Questions
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Weekly Planner.
Week
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Topic
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Tasks
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1 (11th August
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Introduction and setting goals
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Pre test and WIL, WILK, WIL – creating debatable,
conceptual and factual questions for the unit.
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2 (18/8-22/8)
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Introduction to light and sound.
Where does light come from?
How does light travel?
How is sound produced?
Can sound be produced without a vibration?
What are the differences between how sound travels?
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Starter video – Sound multi station to investigate how
sound is produced.
How can you change the pitch and volume of different
instruments?
Worksheet about musical instruments – what is
vibrating?
How can you change the pitch and the volume?
Class demo to prove that light travels in a straight
line
Drawing a light diagram and labelling simple reflection
diagram.
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3 (25/8-29/8)
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How is light reflected?
Can light bend?
What happens when light travels through different
materials (mediums)?
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- Laws of reflection – investigation into the laws of
reflection
- Write an evaluation using the writing strategies:
WWW- what went well
EBI: Even better if
- Refraction investigation. – passing light through
different mediums
- Writing activity - writing a letter to explain how
refraction works in a real life situation.
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4 (1/9-5/9)
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How is the reflection of sound used in nature and
technology?
How do the acoustics change in different environments?
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- Use the ripple tank demo and interactive
computer models to investigate how sound waves behave (echo, reverberation,
absorption)
Sounds amazing sound lab
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How is the sound affected when using different
materials?
Can sound be heard in space?
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Demonstration using a vacuum jar – make observations
and apply your knowledge about how sound travels using particle theory
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5 (8/9-12/9)
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How are shadows formed?
Which materials allow shadows to form?
How can the size of shadows be changed?
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Investigate how much light
can pass through different materials – opaque, transparent and translucent.
What type of shadows are formed?
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Planning formative task –
Planning and carrying out a shadow investigation - application -Wayang puppet
show.
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Introduce the criteria – B
and C
· Group
roles to help organisation
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Keyword quick quiz
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6 (15/9-19/9)
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How can our hearing be damaged?
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Learn about the structure of the ear and how the vibration travels through
the different parts of the ear – matching and labelling worksheet
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Confuse a phone video – Class investigation to see if 2
ears are better than one.
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Measure how loud different parts of the school are using the
decibel meter.
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Matching activity from chapter 11 – threshold of hearing to
levels that damage your ears
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7 (22/9-26/9)
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Can we improve our hearing?
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Super Pinna
- Formative
task B and C (focusing on conclusion and evaluation writing)
Self assessment how to improve your score?
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8 (29-9-3/10)
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Setting a timeline
What is the light spectrum?
What is white light made from?
What are the primary colours of light?
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-Introduce the Criteria D assessment. Plan a timeline
for the complement of the assessment.
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Dispersion of light
experiment to introduce the light spectrum.
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Primary colours of light –
how different colours are reflected or absorbed.
Use of filters – whole class investigation
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9 (6/10-10/10
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How does the eye perceive light?
How do lenses help to correct vision?
Why can some people not see the same as others?
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· Parts
of the eye and colour blindness
· Eye
dissection and lenses
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10 -11(15/10-24/10)
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Technical uses and implementation
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Reading and selecting the appropriate information about
an inventor of an invention that uses light and sound.
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12 (27/10-31/10) - 13 (3/11-7/11)
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Assessment B and C
How can we transform headphones into a speaker?
What is the relationship between the behaviour of
energy and how we transform it into different uses?
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Designing a headphone speaker.
- Planning and completing a full lab report.
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14 (10/11-14/11)
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Review and reflection of the unit
Due date for Criteria D assessment
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- Reflection task
- Practice test
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