Jan Ivonne O.

Samonte
IV- Campos


Couple of months have passed and our course Advanced Physics gets trickier each day that will pass.
Many lessons had welcomed us with difficulties. Weve done several group activities and also individual
activities that helped us in comprehending our topics easily. Our thoughts and ideas widened and we knew
different things that we arent familiar. Our lessons in Advanced Physics were very exciting and taught us a
bunch of values, information and facts that Physics is everywhere. In our first meeting, Dr. De Leon reviewed
us about Mechanics that weve encountered during our Physics I. It is composed of lessons like the
components of displacement (Direction, gravitational force, angle and velocity). According to our main goal in
our course, Physics will help us understand the physical world. In all the things that Ive faced in our subject,
Im starting to understand and appreciate the goals and concepts of our subject. Some of my favorite topics in
Advanced Physics are the nature of Physics, the two branches namely Applied and theoretical Physics, Sub-
branches, and the fundamentals of physics. Weve tackled the Physics giants that left a mark in every heart of
a Physician, student and the whole generation like the inventor of telescope named Galileo Galilei. Previously
on our Physics subject, weve discussed waves specially its nature. Ive learned the different types of waves
specifically; longitudinal, transverse, and surface waves. Learning our course Advanced Physics with Dr. De
Leon if fun and adventurous because of the activities that we have done. Waves have several parts; crest,
trough, and amplitude. Ive learned on how the wave speed travel and how it can be measured. Sir Sonny
taught us formulae that we should memorize in order for us to be aware in our lesson. The behaviors of waves;
reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference are some of the things that weve also learned. The behavior
of waves when travelling in a fixed end, free end and changed in medium boundaries. The law of reflection
states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. Refraction is also known as the bending of
waves that has a change in speed in waves and change in direction. Standing waves that are formed when two
waves with the same frequency interfere with one another while travelling in opposite direction with the same
medium were also one of our lessons. Ive learned the nodes, antinodes, modes or segment and also its
diagram. For the most awaited lesson in the first grading period of the year is the Optics. Optics is defined as a
branch of physics which deals with the study and behavior of light and other electromagnetic waves. It has two
branches; the geometric and physical. According to Sir Sonny, there are also theories that we should imply like
the dualistic nature of light that states that light behaves like a particle and a wave. It is proposed and
explained by Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens. There are also three sources of light namely incandescent-
energy from heat, luminescent- energy comes from another source and synchrotron- the artificial source of
light. I was amazed by the measure of the exact speed of light- 2.99792458 x

m/s.









For the second half of the first grading period, weve studied the Law of reflection. I have lots of
realizations and learning in this topic. It includes that the incident ray, reflected ray, and normal line all lie on
the same plane. Sir Sonny taught us on how the waves travel rarer to denser and vice versa. One of my
favorite one is the Snells law. In this law, it states that for a given pair of materials, a and b, the ratio of the
sine of angle of incidence and angle of refraction is equal to the inverse of the ration of the indices of refraction
on the given materials. Ive learned the values of n or the values of index of refraction like the values of ice,
fluoride, polysterine, rock salt, diamond and so much more. Weve also learned on how we can solve the
problems that arise regarding this topic. Second, is the total internal reflection commonly called TIR. Total
internal reflection occurs when angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle. Third, is the plane mirrors.
In plane mirror, image formed is in terms of size, attitude, location and type. It depends on the object, reflected
ray and the incident ray. The difference between real and virtual image are; real images can be projected while
virtual cant. Plane mirror consists of two parts called the sheet of glass on front and the thin layer of reflective
silver or aluminum on the back. We can draw representation of these plane mirrors through many ways. Like
the shortcut method or the representation with the observers eye. Weve tackled about spherical mirror.
Spherical mirror is defined as a section of a sphere. It has two types. Convex is called the diverging mirror
while concave is also called as the converging mirror. There are several parts namely principal axis, center of
curvature, radius of curvature, focal point and focal length. There are three types of rays. First, the parallel ray
that is along a path or parallel to the optic axis. Second, the chief (Radial) ray that is incident through the
center of curvature C and reflected back along its incident path through C. Last, is the focal ray that passes
through the focal point and is reflected parallel to the optic axis. The last topic is the mirror equation. It is
defined when the object and image distance, p and q, are related to its focal length. Ive learned the sign
conversions that are under positive and negative. Weve solved some problems regarding this lesson.
Listening and cooperating in our course are a must. Even how tired and sleepy we are, we should focus on the
discussion and listen attentively to avoid missing the topic and we can understand the lesson. This grading
was hard for us to adjust because of our previous Physics subject. It gets trickier and harder. But with good
understanding and giving attention to the teacher, we can finish the tasks.