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IB Course Companion
Polarization - Ch 4: pp. 141-143 Diffraction – Ch 4: pp. 151-152 2-Slit Interference - Ch 4: pp. 152-155 Single Slit Diffraction - Ch 9: pp. 364-367 Interference - Ch 9: pp. 368-380 Doppler Effect - Ch 9: 381-385 Practice Problems: Ch 4: p. 166 #8, 9 Ch 4: p. 167 #10 Ch 4: p. 168 #13 Ch 9: p. 388 #4, 5, 6 Ch 9: p. 389 #8, 9 Ch 9: p. 390 #11, 12, 13 |
Theory of Knowledge Connections
Are explanations in science different from explanations in other areas of knowledge such as history?
The resolution limits set by Dawes and Rayleigh are capable of being surpassed by the construction of high quality telescopes. Are we capable of breaking other limits of scientific knowledge with our advancing technology?
How important is sense perception in explaining scientific ideas such as the Doppler effect?
Nature of Science
It is speculated that polarization has been utilized by the Vikings through their use of Iceland Spar over 1300 years ago for navigation prior to the introduction of the magnetic compass. Scientists across Europe in the 17th-19th centuries continued to contribute to wave theory by building on the theories and models proposed as our understanding developed.
Observed patterns of iridescence in animals, such as the shimmer of peacock feathers, led scientists to develop the theory of thin film interference. The first laboratory production of thin films was accidental.
Although originally based on the physical observations of the pitch of fast moving sources of sound, the Doppler effect has an important role in many different areas such as evidence for the expansion of the universe and generating images used in weather reports and medicine.
Are explanations in science different from explanations in other areas of knowledge such as history?
The resolution limits set by Dawes and Rayleigh are capable of being surpassed by the construction of high quality telescopes. Are we capable of breaking other limits of scientific knowledge with our advancing technology?
How important is sense perception in explaining scientific ideas such as the Doppler effect?
Nature of Science
It is speculated that polarization has been utilized by the Vikings through their use of Iceland Spar over 1300 years ago for navigation prior to the introduction of the magnetic compass. Scientists across Europe in the 17th-19th centuries continued to contribute to wave theory by building on the theories and models proposed as our understanding developed.
Observed patterns of iridescence in animals, such as the shimmer of peacock feathers, led scientists to develop the theory of thin film interference. The first laboratory production of thin films was accidental.
Although originally based on the physical observations of the pitch of fast moving sources of sound, the Doppler effect has an important role in many different areas such as evidence for the expansion of the universe and generating images used in weather reports and medicine.