While the files on this page are still useful,
the files needed for the
can be found at THIS LINK
UNIT TEST - Monday January 19, 2015
NOTES PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND HOMEWORK - Check this page for notes posted for review before class or seatwork/homework assignments for those who lost the handouts provided in class.
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS - The 2009 Optics research project is attached
below if you have lost your research booklet.
Ray Tracing Mirrors Gizmo - Please complete this at home using the class code provided. Contact a classmate if you missed it
VIDEOS
How do rainbows form? Canon Video describes very clearly how rainbows form.
How do Lenses Invert Images - simple demo using a water lens!
Important Documents
Unit Outline - Outline for the unit is below with text references
Optics Review - Just a few questions to help you prepare for the unit test and exam Select "Optics exam review...doc" below
Optics Review Breakdown - An overview of the topics in the unit and what terms, diagrams and formulas you need to be familiar with. Select "Optics Unit Review Breakdown.doc" from below.
Optics Test Matrix - see how many marks each topic and section of the unit are worth on the test. Will you have to answer a multiple choice question or draw a diagram. Select "Optics Test Matrix 09.xls" from below
AWESOME WEB LINKS
University of Colorado Animations - for animations of properties of light. You can manipulate these Flash applications and see the changes for yourself. Be sure to check out "Balckbody radiation" to see how temperatures give off different wavelengths of light, "Colour Vision" to see how light is made of colours and "Geometric Optics" to see how image properties change with the properties of the lens that forms them.
Infrared goggles - This website let's you move infrared goggles around to see what different objects look like when only this part of the spectrum is visible.
Ray Diagram for curved surface - Use this flash animation to see where the rays go and what the image will be like.
Lenses and Mirrors - A selection of Flash Animations to show how images are formed in a variety of optical devices
Physics Classroom Optics - Notes, diagrams and "Test your Knowledge" questions on every topic studied in this unit and more
Lens ray Diagram - lets you alter the properties of a lens and object and see the effects on a ray diagram.
Index of Refraction - see what happens to light as it passes through different media. You can even see a ray diagram of total internal reflection.