Unit B: Light, Sight, and Rainbows

Course Documents

Below, we have included links to some sample course documents we have used when teaching the Explorations in Physics Units. These files are provided to give you more information about how we have taught Explorations in Physics at our institutions. Since every class is different, we expect that you will either modify or eliminate some of these documents when you teach Explorations in Physics. Even so, we hope that they provide you a good starting point and give you some insight into how one might teach this type of course. These files have been provided in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats. Feel free to download, modify, and distribute these documents in any way that is convenient for your class.

The files listed below are intended to give you a flavor of how this course has been taught at a number of institutions. The files provided are taken from a number of different courses and thus, do not embody the policies used in any single class. Before using these files, read them carefully and modify them as appropriate for your application.

Student Overview
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Homework Rules
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Sample Schedule
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Project: Proposal Guidelines
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Project: Oral Presentation Guidelines
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Project: Written Summary Guidelines
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