Page 207 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2008 (revised)

E. Understanding Basic Concepts
By the end of this course, students will:
e3.1 describe and explain the diffraction and interference of water waves in two dimensions
e3.2 describe and explain the diffraction, refrac- tion, polarization, and interference of light waves (e.g., reduced resolution caused by diffraction, mirages caused by refraction, polarization caused by reflection and filters, thin-film interference in soap films and air wedges, interference of light on CDs)
e3.3 use the concepts of refraction, diffraction, polarization, and wave interference to explain the separation of light into colours in various situations (e.g., light travelling through a prism; light contacting thin film, soap film, stressed plastic between two polarizing filters)
e3.4 describe, in qualitative terms, the production of electromagnetic radiation by an oscillating electric dipole (e.g., a radio transmitter, a micro- wave emitter, an X-ray emitter, electron energy transitions in an atom)
THE WAVE NATURE OF LIGHT
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