Monday, September 15, 2008

September 15-16--making waves

Today in class we scheduled our homework--remember ten points are due by friday.

We then started in on the first chapter--the nature of waves. We sketched a transverse wave and added in labels for crests, troughs, the amplitude and the wavelength.

After that we learned and then practiced the SQ3R reading method (see my website for links that explain it). We then practiced the method on chapter 1, section 1 for a short while.

We then had a few minutes of choice time to work on whatever it was we felt needed working on.

Finally, we closed with a demonstration of transverse and longitudinal waves using a large slinky in the hallway.

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