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Ms. B's Home Page
AP Physics
Physics
Sound/Light/Color
JETS
ARHS Home Page
Ms. B's Schedule
Contacting Ms. B:
Office: Room 218
After school help:
Room 218 or 223
(click on schedule).
Voice Mail: 362-1534 (detailed message).
E-mail: blaunerp@arps.org

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Mr.
Kropf will
be teaching this course in 2008 / 2009.
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Sound:
- Sound
Simulations: Select "Sound and Waves." Then click
on "Sound" to
see a visualation of soundwaves. Click on "Fourier: Making
Waves" to
try your hand at matching complex wave patterns to their component
frequencies.
- Standing
Longitudinal Waves: Standing Waves in Pipes
- Beats: visualize the production of beats
- Breaking
the Sound Barrier: PBS show on the first plane to travel
faster than the speed of sound.
- Resonata: One of the many places where art and resonance meet.
- The
Human Ear: One of many sites that explains how we hear
through our ears.
Light and Color:
- RadioWave
Simulation: Select "Radio Waves and Electromagnetic Fields."
See how vibrating electric charge causes electromagnetic disturbances
-- waves.
- Causes of Color:
- Color
Mixing:Additive and subtractive color mixing (lights
and pigments) try it yourself!
- Other Good Color Sites:
- Laptop
Screens: Did you know that laptop screens (and cell
phone screens...) make use of polarized light, color mixing,
and a whole lot more?
Optics:
Diffraction, Interference and Quantum Physics
- Lasers:
A good explanation of how they work, starting simple. Some very
good animations.
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