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Calculating the speed of light using a microwave

In this unit students use a microwave to analyse microwave electromagnetic radiation and approximate the speed of light. Students are guided in completing a short investigation and submitting a brief report and reflection.

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Sound waves

In this unit students explore energy transfer through different mediums using wave and particle models.

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How do prisms create rainbows?

Zoom inside a glass prism and see why glass makes light bend, and how the glass molecules make different colours of light bend different amounts.

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Can photons and atoms generate laser?

Electrons around atoms can absorb and emit photons of particular colours of light – see three different atomic models explain what's going on.