Download Electromagnetic Waves Mechanical Waves Enduring Understanding

Waves
Enduring Understanding - Waves interact with their
environment, exhibiting a variety of wave phenomena.
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
Speed
Wavelength
Frequency
Medium
Transverse
Wave
A disturbance that moves through a
medium. (Previous Unit)
Essential Question
What is color mixing?
Essential Question
What do waves
require?
Wave Speed
Wave
Equation
Electromagnetic Waves
Mechanical Waves
BOLD lined
boxes mean
Pre-AP ONLY
A periodic disturbance of electric and
magnetic fields.
Essential Question
What happens to the
image formed in a
plane mirror as the
object is moved away
from the mirror?
Essential Question
How does light bend
when traveling from
one medium into
another medium?
Essential Question
How are real and
virtual images
produced?
Essential Question
Do mechanical waves
and light exhibit the
same wave
phenomena?
Color Mixing
Law of
Reflection
Refraction
Ray
Diagrams
Additional
Phenomena
(Demos)
Light and
Pigments
Reflection
Lab
Refraction
Lab
Lenses
SELF
STUDY
TOPIC
Diffraction
Plane Mirrors
Bending
Rules
Convex and
Concave
Lens Labs
Curved
Mirrors
Interference
Convex and
Concave
Doppler
Effect
Image
Description
Index of
Refraction
Snell's Law
Total Internal
Reflection
(TIR)
Polarization
Lens
Equation
Image
Description
Magnification