Workshop Tutorials for Physics: Waves and Optics

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Workshop Tutorials for Physics: Waves and Optics - Regular

written by Manjula Devi Sharma
published by the UniServe Science

This resource is a set of calculus-based physics tutorials and worksheets on waves and optics, developed for students who have successfully completed a course in high school physics. It was designed to be implemented in student-centered cooperative learning environments. The tutorials feature thematic workshops across a broad range of topics relating to wave phenomena, types of waves, sound, simple harmonic motion, electromagnetic spectrum, reflection/refraction, lenses, and mirrors. Workshop Tutorials were deliberately designed to not be part of the formal assessment procedure, allowing students to openly discuss problems in physics and explore solutions in a stress-free environment. Solutions are provided to students as they leave the class, giving them immediate feedback on their ideas. All materials, including worksheets/solutions and activities, are available in Word and PDF formats.

Created by the University of Sydney Physics Education Research group (SUPER) this item is part of a larger collection of activity-based physics tutorials.

http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/super/physics_tut/waver.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Geometrical Optics Oscillations & Waves - Oscillations = Simple Harmonic Motion - Wave Motion	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Tutorial = Unit of Instruction

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Workshop Tutorials for Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Keywords:: concave lenses, convex lenses, damped oscillation, diffraction, double-slit diffraction, longitudinal wave, mass on a spring, oscillation, reflection, refraction, resonance, sound waves, total internal reflection, transverse wave, tuning fork, wave interaction, wave interference, wave motion, waves
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 13, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 19, 2013 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 12, 2007
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Is Part Of Workshop Tutorials for Physics

This is the full collection of activity-based physics materials by the authors, which includes units on mechanics, properties of matter, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and quantum physics. Each topic is broken down into introductory and calculus-based levels.

relation by Caroline Hall

Covers the Same Topic (Different Course Level) As Workshop Tutorials for Physics: Waves and Optics - Introductory

This is the set of introductory worksheets and activities on waves and optics designed for students with little or no prior background in physics.

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