Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Nature of Light: Newton's Theories

Good evening peoples! It's Jasmin up in the HIZZ HOUSE!!!

In class we read the following from the pink booklet:
1.3 Newton's Corpuscular Theory and Rectilinear
1.4 Newton's Corpuscular Theory and Reflection
1.5 Newton's Corpuscular Theory and Refraction

So we basically talking about Newton's corpuscular theories (obviously). After reading all that, Mrs. K gave us a hand out entitled "Newton's Particle Model for the Refraction of Light" which required us to do a lab. Our task was to measure the angle of incidence and angle of refraction for three angles to the right of the normal (the 90˚ mark on the wood) and three angles to the left. We would then have to record it and then solve for the index of refraction (your answers should all be the same if you did it correctly).

It was kinda funny how everyone was confused at the beginning and everyone kept looking at each other to figure out what we were suppose to do. XD Anywhoots... Next scribe is Joseph.

Enjoy! =D

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