Fall 2000 Schedule

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Schedule for Fall 2000

STE 208, PHS 208 (4 credits)
Internet Course

Please be aware that this is a preliminary schedule. The schedule may be updated throughout the semester. Be sure to view this page often.

Week	Topic	Home Activity	Readings	Exercise
1	Path of Light	Pinhole Camera	Path of Light Pinhole Camera	Exercise 1
2	Reflection Refraction	Mirrors The Bent Pencil	Reflection of Light Refraction of Light	Exercise 2
3	Lenses Fresnel Lenses	Lenses Fresnel Lenses	Lenses & Geometrical Optics Fresnel Lenses	Exercise 3
3*	Saturday Lab	Topic: Light and Optics	Location TBA	Time TBA
4	Life Cycle of Photon	The Photon	Life Cycle of Photon	Exercise 4
5	Color and the Visible Spectrum	Prisms & the Spectrum Color & Polarized Light	Color & Light Sources of Light Composition of Color	Exercise 5 EXAM 1
6	Rainbows & Blue Sky	What Causes Rainbows? Why is the Sky Blue?	Rainbows Blue Sky & White Clouds	Exercise 6
7	Interference Colors	Why are Bubbles so Colorful?	Color, Thin Film & Inter- ference	Exercise 7
8	Color Compo- sition and Polarized Light	Color and Polarized Light	Color and Light Polarized Light	Exercise 8
8*	Saturday Lab	Topic: Light, Optics, Microscopy	Location TBA	Time TBA
9	Optical Spec- troscopy, Neon Lights	Performed in Sat. Lab	Optical Spectro- scopy and Neon Lights	Exercise 9
10	Electrons in Atoms	Electrons in Atoms	The Electron Electrons in Atoms	Exercise 10 EXAM 2
11	Visible Light, IR, X-rays and UV	X-rays and UV	Visible Light and X-Rays; Infrared and Ultraviolet Light; X-Radiography	Exercise 11
12	Optical Microscopy	Optical Microscopy	Optical Microscopy	Exercise 12
13	Electron Microscopy	Images of Nature	Optical vs. Electr. Electron Microsc.	Exercise 13
12*	Saturday Lab	Topic: Micro- scopy (Optical	& electron) and Makeup	10 AM - 2 PM
14	Analysis of Mars and Air	PIXE - Particle Induced X-Ray Emission	X-Ray Emission: Earth, Moon, & Mars	Exercise 14 EXAM 3

* Students must attend 2 of 3 Saturday Lab Sessions to particpate in hands-on labs. Location and time to be announced. Please plan to attend both sessions.