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Integrated Coordinated Science for the 21st Century

Active Physics
+ Chapter 6
Is Anyone Out There?
Planning for the Activity
Time Requirements:
  • one and a half class periods
Materials needed
For each group
  • Stick, Meter, 100 cm, Hardwood
  • Cardboard Sheet, 14 3 14" Square
  • Laser Pointer
  • Tape, Masking, 3/4" 3 60 yds.
  • Ripple tank for wave interference
  • Stick, Meter, 100 cm, Hardwood
  • Black Flocked Paper, 8 cm Square
  • Card, 3 X 5" W/1 Slit
  • Card, 3 X 5" W/2 Slits
  • Diffraction Grating, 5 cm Square
  • Roll of Wintergreen Mint
  • Steel Scissors
  • Tube, Cardboard, 1 X 4
  • Spectrum tubes and power supply