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Chapter 1 Let Us Entertain You
Scenario, Challenge
Criteria
Activity One: Making Waves
Activity Two: Sounds in Strings
Activity Three: Sounds from Vibrating Air
Activity Four: Making Sound Electronically
Activity Five: Reflected Light
Activity Six: Curved Mirrors
Activity Seven: Refraction of Light
Activity Eight: Effect of Lenses on Light
Activity Nine: Color
Physics at Work
Chapter 1 Assessment, Physics You Learned
C1
C2
C3
C4
C12
C18
C24
C30
C36
C43
C49
C54
C59
C60
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Chapter 2 Long-Distance Communication
Scenario, Challenge
Criteria
Activity One: Using Waves to Communicate
Activity Two: Signals and Noise
Activity Three: The Electricity and Magnetism Connection
Activity Four: Making the Connection
Activity Five: Voice Signals
Activity Six: Sending a Message with Light
Activity Seven: Just the Fax
Activity Eight: Bar Codes
Physics at Work
Chapter 2 Assessment, Criteria, Physics You Learned
C61
C62
C63
C64
C69
C74
C80
C85
C91
C95
C101
C105
C106
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Chapter 3 Is Anyone Out There?
Scenario, Challenge
Criteria
Activity One: Lenses and Ray Optics
Activity Two: The Telescope
Activity Three: Digital Imaging
Activity Four: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Activity Five: Interference and Spectra
Activity Six: Send Them a Recording
Activity Seven: The Size of Space
Activity Eight: The Doppler Effect
Activity Nine: Communication Through Space
Physics at Work
Chapter 3 Assessment, Physics You Learned
C107
C108
C109
C110
C116
C121
C123
C133
C139
C145
C150
C155
C161
C162
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