SPH 3ULIGHT & GEOMETRIC OPTICS

Choose one of these technologies (or another that you have found) that employ some aspect of light or optics and:

  • demonstrate how it works using the equipment available to create a model
  • provide a history of the device
  • describe how it developed into what it is today
  • be able to provide technological uses
  • speculate on what it can do, or has done, for society
  • What moral or ethical issues have developed due to the technology?
  • deliver a multimedia presentation to the class
  • Prepare a scientific journal/magazine article in poster format with a thought-provoking headline

night vision goggleselectron microscopeLCD screens

retinal scannersthermal imagingvisual recognition

hologramsGoogle EarthHUD’s

Fresnel lenslaser eye surgeryHD TV

space telescopesrepairing blindness“sixth sense”

digital photographyplasma TV3-D movies

AMOLEDhigh speed photographystarlight scope

IMAX moviessatellite imagingmedical imagery (ex. MRI)

endoscopescolour laser printersSmartBoard tech

Teach us (me) something I didn’t already know about optical technology!

Do this in pairs or groups of 3 or alone.

The submissions will be due in a week. The presentations will occur later.

Rubric on the reverse.

Name(s):

Technology:

Criteria / Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1

Knowledge

  • Is the technology understood?
  • Is the technology or process properly described?
/
  • demonstration of effective knowledge & understanding
  • highly comprehensive explanation
54.5 /
  • demonstration of considerable knowledge & understanding
  • effective explanation
43.53.0 /
  • demonstration of some knowledge & understanding
  • useful explanation
2.5 /
  • demonstrates limited knowledge & understanding
  • explanation is limited in scope
21.5

Making Connect’n

  • Provides history and social impact
  • does the group force the audience to reflect and ask questions?
  • does the presentation teach us something?
/
  • extensive history & development of instrument
  • raises ethical and moral dilemmas
  • causes us to reflect on our uses of technology in general
109.59 /
  • comprehensive history & development of instrument
  • raises ethical and moral problems
  • causes us to think of our uses of optical technology
8.587.5 /
  • some history & development of instrument
  • raises ethical and moral questions
  • causes us to think about technology
76.56 /
  • limited history & development of instrument
  • raises ethical or moral questions
  • introduces a limited human perspective
5.554.5

Communication

  • The article message is clear
  • Proper use of terminology
  • is the model helpful in presenting knowledge and understanding?
/
  • message is clearly and effectively understood
  • always uses proper optical terms and descriptions
  • model is highly effective
109.59 /
  • message is clearly understood
  • mostly uses proper optical terms and descriptions
  • model is considerably effective
8.587.5 /
  • message is somewhat understood
  • uses proper optical terms and descriptions some of the time
  • model is somewhat effective
76.56 /
  • message is understood
  • barely proper optical terms and descriptions
  • effectiveness of model is limited
5.554.5

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