Overview
EC Option A:
Read an article and write a paper summarizing it and describing how it's relevant to our coursework. You can use Physics Today to look for articles of interest: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/journal/pto
EC Option B:
Watch a documentary and write a paper about it. Also, describe how it's relevant to our coursework. Find sample documentaries you can watch below. If you want to watch something else, e-mail me with the movie title for approval. You may also look for documentaries covering optics, waves, light, oscillations, etc.
- James Clerk Maxwell:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8OUH0pPyoI
- Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtp51eZkwoI&t=290s
- 400 Years of the Telescope: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231285/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
- Elon Musk: The Real Life Ironman (available through prime video, you may focus more on Tesla)
- Nikola Tesla: Master of Lightning:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgB6lz8A1ho
- Light Fantastic (long but very informational, has 4 parts):
1. Let there be light: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ba81s
2. Light of reason: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6baa14
3. The stuff of light: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6bacfa
4. Light, the universe, and everything: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ats2h
- Cosmos: Spacetime Oddysey; Episode #10: The Electric Boy (I think it's available on Netflix & focuses on Michael Faraday's contributions)
Relevant Coursework: Introduction Oscillations Waves & Sound Electric Charges & Forces Electric Field, Potential, Gauss's Law, Capacitance Current & Resistance, Circuits IV. Magnetic Field & Forces Magnetic Field & Forces Wave & Ray Optics Optical Instruments