UnitProject:SoundandLight

DueDate:February4th2017

Light/SoundTechnologyPaper
Description:
Duringclass,manytypesofsoundandlighttechnologywasintroducedtostudents.The
goalofthispaperistoseehowsoundandlighttechnologyisusedoutsideofthephysics
community.Studentswillresearchcurrenttechnologytofindakindoftechnicalequipmentused
indifferentareassuchasmedical,musical,orathletic.Afteratopicisapprovedbytheteacher,
thestudentwillwritea34pagetypedpaper(Use12pointfont,TimesNewRoman,Arial,
orHelvetica,doublespaced)onthekindoftechnologytheychose.Alistofsourceswillbe
includedwiththepaper,totallingatleast3.

Directions:
Pickeitherthesoundorlightsectionoftheunit.
Researchcurrenttechnologythatusesyourchoiceofsections.
Findapieceoftechnologyortechnicalequipmentthatisusedinthefieldofmedicine,
sports,scienceresearch(otherthanphysics),oranyothervenue.
Bringinaparagraph(23sentences)writtenaboutyourtechnologybythefirstunitquiz.
Theteacherwilleitheracceptordecline(withotherideas)yourtopic.Ifitisdeclined,a
newtopicmustbebroughtinbythenextweekforrevision.
Furtherresearchyourspecifictypeoftechnicalequipment,findatleast3CREDIBLE
sources.(Alistofcrediblesourceswillbeprovided)
Writeapaperaboutthetopicincluding:
Thenameoftheequipment
Who(individualorteam)createdit
Whenandwherewasitfirstcreatedorused
Apictureoftheequipment(canbehanddrawnorprintedfromtheinternet)
Abriefdescriptionoftheequipment,whatitisusedfor,andhowituseseither
sound/light
Howatleasttwooftheconcepts/termsofsound/lightarerelatedtothefunction
oftheequipment
Abriefdescriptionoftheoutcomesassociatedwiththeequipment
Ex:Thecottonginallowedfarmerstomanufacturecottonmuchfaster,
andthusthecostofclothwentdown,makingitmoreaffordable
Reasonforchoosingthetechnologyorsomethingnewyoulearnedaboutthe
fieldinwhichyouchose
Includeaworkscitedpageoutliningthecrediblesourcesyouusedforyourpaper
Printoutpaperandworkscitedpageandbringtoclassonthedayoftheunittest

Assessment:
Studentswillbegradedonhowwelltheirpaperiswritteninfourcategories:

1. Grammar/Spelling20points
2. Organization/Flow10points
3. ScientificAccuracy30points
4. FollowingDirections10points
=70pointstotal

Notes:
Beawareofthetimingofthispaper,studentswillhavethispaperassignedthroughout
theunit.Ifastudentwantstoturninthetopicearly,theymaydoso.Extrahelpwillbegivento
studentswhoshowEARLYtheycannotfindatopicordonotknowwhentostart.

Librarycomputerswillbeavailabletouseafterschoolforanystudentswhodonothave
accesstointernetathome.Questionsorconcernscanbedirectedtowardstheteacheroustide
ofclasshours:beforeclass,afterclass,lunch,orafterschool.Iftheteacherseesmany
studentshavingissues,thewholeclasswillbeaddressedtoavoidmassconfusion.

Timeline:
January5th,2017:Paperassigned
January16th,2017:TopicParagraphsdue
January20th,2017:Lastdaytosubmitrevisedtopics
February4th,2017:PaperDue